Re: software support
On 26-03-2013, Tue [10:10:46], Oblitey, Edmund wrote: I am trying to install FreeBSD on a E7520/6300ESB chipset. Program freezes during probing devices. It always restart when it gets to the atkbd0. Want to know if u can help me on it. Sometimes it helps to disable ACPI support in the loader menu, and enable debugging. You could also try to reset your system's BIOS settings, if you know what you're doing of course. ;) -- Dmitry Sarkisov -\ Powered by ---o -/ FreeBSD ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ZFS + iSCSI architecture
On 19-02-2013, Tue [23:20:41], b...@todoo.biz wrote: Hello, I am about to start deploying a large system (about 18 To which can grow up to 36 To) based on a big Intel platform with lot's of fancy features to have turbo boosted platform (ZIL on SSD + system on dongle if I go for FreeNAS). Since I want to move on quite fast I might decide to use FreeNAS in it's latest version. The idea behind all that was to grant 5 or six critical servers access to the NAS so that they can take advantage of : 1. space available on the NAS 2. ability of the NAS to use ZFS and of clients to support this file system (including snapshots) 3. Access the server using iSCSI (at least this is what I initially planned). 4. Mount part of their filesystem using data stored on the SAN (like /usr/local/ or other parts of the system). The server accessing the data will be of two types : 1. 2 x Ubuntu server 10.04 LTS 2. 4 x FreeBSD (mainly 8 and 9) with jail configured I have started reading about iSCSI and potential problems with FreeBSD. So my main questions would be : • Should I go for iSCSI ? • Should I rather choose / prefer NFS ? • Should I export a Volume as UFS rather than ZFS (is ZFS supported as a target) ? The main idea is stability, redundancy of data and ease of maintenance (in a headless FreeBSD / Linux world) before anything else ! That's the big pictures, if you have any pointers, advise, they are all welcome. It is quite late where I leave, so I will reply to posts in 8 to 10 hours, but I hope to have enough answer(s) to start an interesting thread (as I think this question is very interesting and not so clearly explained (at least in my mind))… Thx very much for your infos and feedback. Hello, If I needed a NFS+iSCSI solution I'd go for Solaris 11. Docs are abundant and the system is very stable and feature-rich. Tried recently the integration in Windows Domain and iSCSI features, all works wery good. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for FreeBSD ;) but in this particular case I'd choose Solaris. -- D.S. -\ Powered by ---o -/ FreeBSD ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail
On 17-01-2012, Tue [13:52:48], Devin Teske wrote: -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of bsd Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:04 PM To: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Backup strategy for zfs + jail Hi, I have a simple 1U server with two disks that I have configured as a jail server. I want to setup a simple yet very efficient backup policy for my jail environment. This server is running a ZFS filesystem. Ideally I would like to backup the main zfsroot/jail and all subdirectories on a backup FTP server. . What kind of tool would you suggest ? I need to focus on : -- Simplicity of setup -- Ease of recovery -- Efficiency -- Compatibility with ZFS If you're running 9, give HAST a shot. TCP/IP block-level mirroring provided by HAST should be able to mirror the ZFS container in near-RT and be tolerant of things like network issues. -- Devin I personally wouldn't rely on such a new technology as HAST, considering the importancy of backups. ZFS has some nice features already. Create snapshots of your datasets and use zfs send. You can even transfer differences between snapshots. Google for it. ZFS is awesome modern technology, more than that it's stable enough. ;) -- Best wishes, Dmitry Sarkisov --\ ---+-- --/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail
On 17-01-2012, Tue [23:31:30], Wojciech Puchar wrote: Create snapshots of your datasets and use zfs send. You can even transfer differences between snapshots. and then try to recover data from these backups after a year or so ;) No one did mention the retention policy ;) Jokes aside, we have a working solution with zfs/symantec netbackup combo based on incremental snapshots for a pretty large datasets. To OP: you don't have to use ftp with zfs send/recieve (I doubt it is possible at all :) ), ssh suits better. Just _google_ for it. There are plenty of solutions/examples in the Net. -- Best wishes, Dmitry Sarkisov --\ ---+-- --/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Ports with modern compilers
Hello list, I'd like to try building my ports with features and optimizations modern complers provide. A couple of q. here: 1. What's the safest (less painful) way to go - build with fresh gcc or clang/llvm? 2. Is it ok to build new ports with new compiler, while already having a bunch of them build with default gcc version 4.2.1? TIA -- Best wishes, Dmitry Sarkisov --\ ---+-- --/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ports vs packages
On 10-01-2012, Tue [08:51:33], n j wrote: On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote: On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Devin Teske devin.te...@fisglobal.com wrote: Of course, this is explicit to rather serious production environments. Desktop and casual usage ... ports may serve you better if you like to stay up-to-date rather than only upgrading once every 1-2 years. We think the opposite. Serious production environments should use specifically compiled ports for your needs and create packages from those. In fact we combine this approach with the use of EzJail and flavours. So I guess it all depends on the needs and what a serious production environment means for each company or individual. I would tend to agree. For specific use cases, one is usually better off having complete control over the entire build/compile process i.e. using ports. However, for (IMHO) majority of users the default options are usually OK and using packages is highly desired. That is why I really look forward to improvements of (again IMHO) obsolete binary package format (pkg-*) and hope that either pkgng (http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng) or new PBI format in PC-BSD (http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/PBI9_Format) will gain more traction in the community. Regards, -- Nino Would be nice to know if there any plans on switching to pkgng or any other pkg management system in a future. -- Dmitry Sarkisov --\ ---+-- --/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ports vs packages
On 10-01-2012, Tue [10:16:06], Matthew Seaman wrote: On 10/01/2012 09:23, Dmitry Sarkisov wrote: Would be nice to know if there any plans on switching to pkgng or any other pkg management system in a future. pkgng is under active development with the stated aim of replacing the current packaging system. If you want to get involved, check out the #pkgng channel on irc.freenode.net It's still too early in the pkgng development cycle for a decision to have been made about if and when it becomes the new standard packaging system. Given it is such a major infrastructure change the switch over will have to be carefully managed and I'd expect there to be a lot of activity over on freebsd-ports@ while it is all in beta. Cheers, Matthew Thanks for the info, Matthew! It's really good to see some moving forward once in a while. -- Best wishes, Dmitry Sarkisov --\ ---+-- --/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
