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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:15:05 -0800 Patrick Haverty
<patrick.haverty@onstor.com> wrote:

> I think if we are going to offer dual paths, either redundant
> connection or connection to another appliance's array, then the only
> choice of the three would be the LSI 3801E.

Why?  What's wrong with the adaptec?


> ________________________________
> From: Narayan Venkat
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:13 PM
> To: dl-Leopard Core Team
> Subject: SAS HBA - Which one?
> 
> Leopard team,
> 
> We have two or possibly 3 options for the SAS HBAs.  Our choice of
> HBAs will come down to robustness and price.
> 
> Since our initial focus is the entry-level price band it would be
> sufficient for a SAS HBA to support up to 48 drives.  Most SAS HBAs
> that we find in the market today support up to 122/128 drives or even
> up to 244/256 drives.
> 
> The following HBAs work well with OpenSolaris.
> 
> a)       LSI 3801E (this is what we have been testing with.  It has 8
> external ports using SFF8088 connectors and supports up to 244
> drives/end points) b)       LSI 3442E-R (It has 4 internal and 4
> external ports.  It uses SFF8470 connectors and supports up to a 122
> drives/end points) c)       Adaptec 2045 (It has 4 external ports.
> It uses SFF8088 connectors and supports up to 128 drives/end points)
> 
> All of these HBA are known to be robust and have demonstrated good
> adoption in the market.  Note that the LSI 3801E and LSI 3442E-R are
> basically the same HBA (based on LSI 1068 chipset)
> 
> Given that we have to be competitive with the NTAP StoreVault line of
> products our COGS have to be in line for us (not surprisingly!) to
> make a decent margin.
> 
> I know that the Adaptec 2045 MSRP is about $250, LSI 3801E about $365
> and LSI 3442E-R is about $269.
> 
> I haven't enquired LSI or Adaptec about OEM pricing.  Do I need to
> that or will the operations team follow up?  Kindly let me know.  I
> am fine either way.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Narayan Venkat
> Vice President, Marketing
> ONStor Inc. (www.onstor.com<http://www.onstor.com>)
> Tel: (408) 963-2404
> Cell: (408) 221-4297
> 
