Goldilocks zone for this kind of stuff.. it's a bit simpler, most of what you need is in the base system, and a lot of people are doing the same type of builds.

Goldilocks zone for this kind of stuff.. it's a bit simpler, most of what you need is in the base system, and a lot of people are doing the same type of builds. And for self-support, the freebsd-scsi and freebsd-net mailing lists will get you in touch right away with the people that understand the firmware, protocols, drivers, and systems engineering. You will probably get a response from a kernel and operations aware developers from Dell Isilon, SpectraLogic, or Netflix within the day that commit the code you are using. You probably wont transcend customer support at other organizations in that timeframe.