Subject: Re: fiber channel recommendations?
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: George Georgalis <george@galis.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/10/2007 14:02:55
On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 10:38:20AM -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>
>On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:27 AM, George Georgalis wrote:
>
>>I may need to select and deploy a fiber channel interface very
>>quickly.
>>
>>Reliability, NetBSD compatibility (ongoing) and the usual apply.
>>Price is not too important but it should be reasonable, eg I'm
>>expecting 200 - $550.
>
>That's pretty cheap for a FC interface card.  Luckily, you have an  
>option in that price range -- the Apple Fibre Channel PCI-X card ($499):
>
>http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/6544001/wo/fJ1BHZyWHpaq2RGbGQT0MxYgP6V/1.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3
>
>The cards are compatible with LSI MPT-Fusion, so they should work with  
>NetBSD.

I got another off-list recommendation for the apple lsi mpt card,
from a site that uses the bandwidth...

Thanks all,
// George


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