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ZFS + SGI3016 + SATA - safe to use in 2014 ? Don't mean to start a debate, but I would like to use this SGI Rackable with a bunch of SATA disks I have lying around and create a ZFS pool (using illumos). I've read quite a few forum posts that state it's a toxic combination. But most of those...

Thanks Matej, going from another linux server works fine and I get ~ 112 MBps. Thanks for the suggestion. Going to configure the box as an AIO and see how that pans out. Groove

I apologize if this has been asked before, but I've tried to scan quite a few possible avenues before I posting my question here. I've recently setup a new OmniOS based NAS using an IBM M1115 (flashed to IT mode) with 3 x 2 TB drives. The server has 40 GB ECC RDIMM memory with 2 x Xeon 5520...

I too had all kinds of issues flashing other (older) LSI / LSI based controllers on the X9SCM. I tried to flash both a Dell SAS 6 iR and an LSI 3442 on the X9SCM and it did not work. Both the cards flashed just fine on an Asus Z8NA-D6C that I have. But it's a real royal PIA to open up my...

Rectal Prolapse You were dot on the money. :D. It was the FMD configuration that fixed it. I set the 'interval' property to 24 hours in the 'disk-transport.conf' file and sure enough, the disks now spin down based on the device threshold set in power.conf. This is great. My server idles at ~...

Thanks for the pointer Rectal Prolapse : I'll try the fmd settings and post the results here.

Hello, Would anyone know if it's possible to spin down disk in Solaris Express 11 with COMSTAR iSCSI active ? My home server is a Supermicro X9SCM with 6 1 TB drives connected to the motherboards SATA ports. The server runs SE11 native (no VMWare). I've enabled devicethreshold settings in...

Q: Is it possible to configure storage disks to spin down with COMSTAR services enabled ? I have a Solaris Express 11 server running as my home file server / SAN. The issue that I'm running into is that when I have COMSTAR enabled, the disks seem to spin down after the specified interval...

Well, I'm also interested in knowing if anyone has any experience with a hba controller working on this motherboard. I like the M-ITX form factor for a NAS build that I'm considering. It'll be great if someone has any experience with a similar configuration and send us the details.

Just posting some additional steps... I've tried 'resettting' the disk by going into fdisk and deleting the partition all together. Then created a new partition using fdisk -B /dev/rdsk/c11t0d0s0. Tried prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0s0 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c11t0d0s0 This gave me the...

I have a server that has 2 mirrored drives that make up the rpool. The problem is that they hang off a Dell PERC 5/i controller. I recently bought a Dell SAS 6 iR controller and would like to move the devices to the new controller. Initially I thought I'd take one of the devices offline...

Re-installing fixed it. Thanks gea. I did use wget to install it the first time. So not sure what happened. But all set now. Thanks

Napp-it. I just re-installed napp-it on a new boot (rpool) disk I install on my server. When I try to access the web interface using http://<IP-Address:81, I get the following message : The box is running Solaris 11 Express Edition. Can someone please let me know what's wrong and how to fix...

Well, in my case the options to control the OPROM do not show up. I'll try different cards and check. But from what I can tell, it does not show up when I plug in the LSI 3442 controller.

I've tried plugging in other cards as well. In fact I plugged in a Dell PERC 5i and the motherboard detected the card just fine. I did plug in a Intel CT adapter and that worked and was detected as well. And my card is flashed in IT mode. That is how I want it. No on board RAID required. As...

Point taken. You're right. I didn't try 'EVERY' bios setting. I would have been at it far more than 2 weeks (more like 200 years to try every possible combination). Rectal, basically what I did was keep some of the settings constant and then changed mostly the ones that I thought would...

:mad: I've been trying to get my spanking new X9SCM to recognize a confirmed working LSI 3442 storage controller for the past 2 weeks. I've tried everything I can think of under the sun : 1. Ensured that my motherboard has the latest BIOS (Rel 1.1a). 2. Ensured that the controller...