SATA discs = trouble??

kebabbert · 12-23-2006, 04:09 PM

I heard that SATA discs is not really supported by Solaris. Does anyone know more about this issue? I can not just buy 3 Barracuda drives and hope it will work with a intel core duo 6600?

jlliagre · 12-23-2006, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kebabbert

I heard that SATA discs is not really supported by Solaris. Does anyone know more about this issue?

This is no more true starting from Solaris 10 update 2 (6/06) and its native SATA framework for x86.
As a matter of fact, Sun's own X2100 systems are SATA based and Sun's X4500 embed 48 SATA drives.

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I can not just buy 3 Barracuda drives and hope it will work with a intel core duo 6600?

Yep, assuming your SATA controller is supported (Marvell 88SX60xx, Marvell 88SX50xx, and Silicon Image 3124 chipsets).

bigearsbilly · 01-02-2007, 08:12 AM

I run solaris 10/06 with a 3 year old motherboard 2x250Gb SATA drives.
no problem.

jmral23 · 01-08-2007, 01:13 PM

I have a socket F amd board and had to use Solaris 10 11/06 release. The 06/06 would install on my sata drive, but would only boot to recovery console.

11/06 has worked great with no probs at all!

-J