Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-28 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 28/10/2011 06:53, Albert Shih wrote: > Le 27/10/2011 à 13:34:50-0400, David Magda a écrit >> On Thu, October 27, 2011 11:32, Albert Shih wrote: >> I also recommend LSI 9200-8E or new 9205-8E with the IT firmware based on past experience >>> Do you known if the LSI-9205-8E HBA or the L

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-27 Thread Albert Shih
Le 27/10/2011 à 13:34:50-0400, David Magda a écrit > On Thu, October 27, 2011 11:32, Albert Shih wrote: > > >> I also recommend LSI 9200-8E or new 9205-8E with the IT firmware based > >> on past experience > > > > Do you known if the LSI-9205-8E HBA or the LSI-9202-16E HBA work under > > FreBSD 9

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-27 Thread David Magda
On Thu, October 27, 2011 11:32, Albert Shih wrote: >> I also recommend LSI 9200-8E or new 9205-8E with the IT firmware based >> on past experience > > Do you known if the LSI-9205-8E HBA or the LSI-9202-16E HBA work under > FreBSD 9.0 ? Check the man page for mpt(4): http://www.freebsd.org/c

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-27 Thread Albert Shih
Le 19/10/2011 à 19:23:26-0700, Rocky Shek a écrit Hi. Thanks for this information. > I also recommend LSI 9200-8E or new 9205-8E with the IT firmware based on > past experience Do you known if the LSI-9205-8E HBA or the LSI-9202-16E HBA work under FreBSD 9.0 ? Best regards. Regards. --

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Koopmann, Jan-Peter
> > On the Dell website I've the choice between : > > >SAS 6Gbps External Controller >PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 512MB Cache, PCIe >PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 512MB NV Cache, PCIe >PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 1GB NV Cache, PCIe >

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Krunal Desai
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Albert Shih wrote: > I'm not sure what you mean when you say «H200 flashed with IT firmware» ? IT is "Initiator Target", and many LSI chips have a version of their firmware available that will put them into this mode, which is desirable for ZFS. This is opposed to

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Oct 20, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> SAS is "serial attached SCSI"; it permits multipath connections to devices >> and thus is more similar to fibre channel HBAs than SATA, although some SAS >> controllers will also work with normal SATA drives. > > I know what SAS stands for.

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 10/20/11 6:52 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Hi-- > > On Oct 20, 2011, at 2:57 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> Also, what do they mean by "SAS 6Gbps External Controller" ? > > SAS is "serial attached SCSI"; it permits multipath connections to devices > and thus is more similar to fibre channel HBA

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Oct 20, 2011, at 2:57 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > Also, what do they mean by "SAS 6Gbps External Controller" ? SAS is "serial attached SCSI"; it permits multipath connections to devices and thus is more similar to fibre channel HBAs than SATA, although some SAS controllers will also wo

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 10/20/11 11:49 AM, Albert Shih wrote: > Le 19/10/2011 à 10:52:07-0400, Krunal Desai a écrit >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Albert Shih wrote: >>> When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server so we have >>> two options : >>> >>>1/ create a LV on the PERC H800 s

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Albert Shih
Le 19/10/2011 à 10:52:07-0400, Krunal Desai a écrit > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Albert Shih wrote: > > When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server so we have > > two options : > > > >        1/ create a LV on the PERC H800 so the server see one volume and put > >    

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Albert Shih wrote: >> > Any advise about the RAM I need on the server (actually one MD1200 so >> > 12x2To disk) >> >> The more the better :) > > Well, my employer is not so rich. > > It's first time I'm going to use ZFS on FreeBSD on production (I use on my > lapt

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Albert Shih
Le 19/10/2011 à 21:30:31+0700, Fajar A. Nugraha a écrit > > Sorry to cross-posting. I don't knwon which mailing-list I should post this > > message. > > > > I'll would like to use FreeBSD with ZFS on some Dell server with some > > MD1200 (classique DAS). > > > > When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 20 Oct 2011, at 05:24, Dennis Glatting wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Dave Pooser >> wrote: >>> On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, "Albert Shih" wrote: >>> When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server >>> >>>

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Dennis Glatting
On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Dave Pooser wrote: On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, "Albert Shih" wrote: When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server No, you need a card that includes 2 external x4 SFF8088 SAS connectors. I'd recomme

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Dave Pooser wrote: > On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, "Albert Shih" wrote: > >>When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server > > No, you need a card that includes 2 external x4 SFF8088 SAS connectors. > I'd recommend an LSI SAS 9200-8e HBA flashed with the

RE: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Rocky Shek
-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Dave Pooser Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; zfs-disc...@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, "Albert Shih" wrote: >When we buy a MD1200 we need a R

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Dave Pooser
On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, "Albert Shih" wrote: >When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server No, you need a card that includes 2 external x4 SFF8088 SAS connectors. I'd recommend an LSI SAS 9200-8e HBA flashed with the IT firmware-- then it presents the individual disks and ZFS ca

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Krunal Desai
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Albert Shih wrote: > When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server so we have > two options : > >        1/ create a LV on the PERC H800 so the server see one volume and put >        the zpool on this unique volume and let the hardware manage th

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Albert Shih wrote: > Hi > > Sorry to cross-posting. I don't knwon which mailing-list I should post this > message. > > I'll would like to use FreeBSD with ZFS on some Dell server with some > MD1200 (classique DAS). > > When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800