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ZFS with intel integrated card?
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westrock2000
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Does it have to run in RAID 1 or 0 or can it just be used as a pass through port?
I'm aware of what I 'need' for ZFS, I'm wondering about this specific item. If I knew what it did, and how it worked I wouldn't have posted asking the question 
I believe since it's LSI 2308 based it can be run in JBOD / IT mode, but I'm asking here for clarification prior to buying it.
I believe since it's LSI 2308 based it can be run in JBOD / IT mode, but I'm asking here for clarification prior to buying it.
I have used it with ZOL. Works fine and performs well.
But, there is a big gotcha:
It brings up the drives asynchronously. On the Ubuntu server I was running on that machine, I needed scripting to wait for the drives to become available before starting the ZFS pool in the bootup stage. Basically, I added a script to the mountall startup script to wait for udev to present the drives. Example script is available in the ZOL documentation.
The board I was using was an intel s2600cp4. Maybe other boards have different BIOS systems that do not have this problem. Anyway, mitigating the issue was easy enough.
But, there is a big gotcha:
It brings up the drives asynchronously. On the Ubuntu server I was running on that machine, I needed scripting to wait for the drives to become available before starting the ZFS pool in the bootup stage. Basically, I added a script to the mountall startup script to wait for udev to present the drives. Example script is available in the ZOL documentation.
The board I was using was an intel s2600cp4. Maybe other boards have different BIOS systems that do not have this problem. Anyway, mitigating the issue was easy enough.