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    Nexenta Core and Solaris x86 M1015/LSI 9240 driver install

    Hi, I have a Nexenta Core/Napp-it box running in my lab. It is running on a SuperMicro X8SI6-F/core i3 combo. I recently purchased a couple of M1015 controllers to play with and I tried installing the LSI solaris x86 driver. I get the driver uncompressed, unzipped and then try the...
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    CPU sizing for home ZFS server

    Hi - I have been building a ZFS server for home use. I plan on having a raidz vdev for static storage, pics, HD movies, etc. And then striped mirror vdevs for VMWare virtual machines. I am not building an all-in-one with VMWare and ZFS storage in the same box. The ZFS machine will be...
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    supermicro X8SI6-F discontinued?

    I ordered two of these boards a week apart. The first one came in after a week. My channel reseller were showing them out of stock. The second one is still back ordered and I see newegg has deactivated them from their site. SM still lists them on their website. Have they been discontinued?
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    Sun (Oracle) 7xxx series storage servers...

    I am using one of these (7110 4TB) units at work for a VMWare datastore. I have it connected to a Dell 2900 series server using NFS. I love the ability to see the analytics on this unit. Do any of the open-source zfs solutions have the ability to do analytics in the capability these units...
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    X8SI6 - LSI IT mode reflash...

    Hi, Patrick - I attempted to reflash my X8SI6-F's SAS controller with the IT firmware and found the limitation of the new version of sas2flsh.exe. I followed a commenter's command line and used the -e 7 parameter to erase the flash. This also erased the WWN from the controller. I wrote...