IBM ServeRAID M1015 for ESXI 5.0 host drives

[c234rmf]

I am planning to buy a IBM ServeRAID M1015 to host my data stores for my VM's on ESXI 5.0

Any recomendation on what flash to use?

thanks

[smino]

Anyone use this in unriad?

IBM ServeRAID M1015

Which cables did you buy?

 

Is it a better deal then the AOC 8 port?

[Ford Prefect]

Anyone use this in unriad?

IBM ServeRAID M1015

sure...but only good after cross-flashing it to a HBA, see here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12767.msg121131#msg121131

Which cables did you buy?

Is it a better deal then the AOC 8 port?

 

...same cables as for the AOC-SASLP.

I swapped cards and re-used and plugged the same cables in.

[Johnm]

I am planning to buy a IBM ServeRAID M1015 to host my data stores for my VM's on ESXI 5.0

Any recomendation on what flash to use?

thanks

In theory, any flash should for ESXi datastore.

 

 

Anyone use this in unriad?

IBM ServeRAID M1015

Which cables did you buy?

 

Is it a better deal then the AOC 8 port?

 

1. Yes,

2. .5M cables are to short for use in Norco servers. get longer.

3. It depends on where you bought it and sales.

 

* I believe you need to run 5.0 beta for automatic spindown and drives temps. Betas 13&14 are broken with these cards. hopefully 15 fixes it.

[Zuhkov]

I have two and I love them.

 

I've been using P10 for a while with no major issues (I have one wonky backplane, but that's a separate issue). I just flashed my other M1015 to P11 and I'm anxious to try it out.

 

I purchased my cables from monoprice. Work great.