From: Steve Edberg (sbedberg@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 09 2008 - 05:37:23 EDT
Hi -
I have a limited budget, and two A1000 storage arrays that I'd like
to keep using as long as possible.
Question 1: I know that the Raid Manager software is no longer
supported under Solaris 10, but I was wondering if anyone had ever
downgraded an A1000 to a D1000 via a controller swap. As these arrays
would probably be dedicated to databases, I would run UFS on them
rather than ZFS. I know some people have copied the Raid Manager from
a Solaris 9 install, and then disabled the unneeded RDAC and amdaemon
to get an A1000 to work under Sol10, but I'd rather go the simpler
route of turning them into D1000's. D1000 controllers look to be
inexpensive from dmgi.net.
Question 2: Has anyone tried 300GB drives in the A1000? I know Sun
officially supports 147GB drives (eg, the Fujitsu MAW3147NC they
resell); I'd like to try the 300GB equivalent MAW3300NC if possible.
Thanks, will summarize -
steve
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