12-21-2008
For small backups of that size pretty much anything will do whether SPARC or x86. If x86 it doesn't even need to be a Sun box. I would look at a SATA disk x86 system if you want on-disk backups.
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si3124
si3124(7D) Devices si3124(7D)
NAME
si3124 - SiliconImage 3124/3132 SATA controller driver
SYNOPSIS
sata@unit-address
DESCRIPTION
The si3124 driver is a SATA framework-compliant HBA driver that supports Silicon Image 3124 and 3132 SATA controllers. Note that while the
Silicon Image controllers supports standard SATA features including SATA-II disks, NCQ, hotplug, port multiplier and ATAPI disks, the
si3124 driver currently does not support NCQ, port multiplier or ATAPI features.
CONFIGURATION
There are no tunable parameters in the si3124.conf file.
FILES
/kernel/drv/si3124 32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
/kernel/drv/amd64/si3124 64-bit ELF kernel module. (x86).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Architecture |x86 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWsi3124 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
cfgadm(1M), prtconf(1M), cfgadm_sata(1M), attributes(5), nv_sata(7D), sata(7D)
Writing Device Drivers
SunOS 5.11 17 August 2007 si3124(7D)