On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 at 4:22pm, nate wrote > Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > >> While SATA and SAS are *supposed* to be able to be mixed freely, my vendor >> has warned me that it doesn't always work out that well. They have seen >> compatibility issues using SATA drives on SAS controllers. So for >> applications where you want/need a SAS controller but still need big >> capacity, these are the drives they recommend. > > Sounds like you need a better vendor for a solution that will > work. > Wait, what? They steer me away from squirrely configs and find me one that works within my budget, and you're criticizing them? I'm rather confused. Don't try to explain, though. I don't think I'll get it. -- Joshua Baker-LePain QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin UCSF