Re: [pfSense] HP DL160 for pfSense in a datacenter

2014-04-23 Thread mayak
On 04/23/2014 06:34 PM, Vick Khera wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:12 PM, mayak wrote: >> I agree that the b110 is just worthless -- I tried setting it up for raid a >> mirror with two drives -- horrible. a second try with the BSD based raid >> worked great. So question is -- should I just th

Re: [pfSense] HP DL160 for pfSense in a datacenter

2014-04-23 Thread Vick Khera
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:12 PM, mayak wrote: > I agree that the b110 is just worthless -- I tried setting it up for raid a > mirror with two drives -- horrible. a second try with the BSD based raid > worked great. So question is -- should I just throw 4 sata drives in the box > and run a with a

Re: [pfSense] HP DL160 for pfSense in a datacenter

2014-04-23 Thread Chuck Mariotti
THIS > Also has the advantage that in the event of hardware failure, you can move the drives to any other system and still access the data - something that's not always an option if you're relying on a proprietary RAID layout. Applies to a great many system builds... if you have the option o

Re: [pfSense] HP DL160 for pfSense in a datacenter

2014-04-23 Thread Chris Bagnall
On 23/4/14 4:46 pm, Vick Khera wrote: I reconfigured them to use geom mirror instead, and everything has been much better since. The FreeBSD kernel does a fine job managing the mirror all by itself. We have some DL160s with the same B110i controller running as Linux KVM host machines, and like

Re: [pfSense] HP DL160 for pfSense in a datacenter

2014-04-23 Thread mayak
On 04/23/2014 05:46 PM, Vick Khera wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:14 AM, mayak wrote: >> I have inherited a used an HP DL160 for use at a data center to act as a >> principal firewall -- > I have some HP DL120G5's in service. Initially they were set up with > the built-in SATA hardware RAID.

Re: [pfSense] HP DL160 for pfSense in a datacenter

2014-04-23 Thread Vick Khera
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:14 AM, mayak wrote: > I have inherited a used an HP DL160 for use at a data center to act as a > principal firewall -- I have some HP DL120G5's in service. Initially they were set up with the built-in SATA hardware RAID. This is *useless* to protect your system on a disk

Re: [pfSense] Interface options for pfsense

2014-04-23 Thread Vick Khera
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Jim Thompson wrote: > You’ll need to define “affordable”. You’ll also need to state if you’re > looking for PCI, PCI-x or PCIe cards. Only sensible definition I can see is: cost of business disruption from current device failing > cost of putting in new device

Re: [pfSense] HP DL160 for pfSense in a datacenter

2014-04-23 Thread Mathieu Simon (Lists)
Am 23.04.2014 15:24, schrieb Erik Anderson: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:14 AM, mayak wrote: >> The machine has one of those stupid raid chips that works for software >> raid -- pfSense knows about these kinds of cards, but nonetheless, I >> would like to make this machine as bullet proof as possib

Re: [pfSense] HP DL160 for pfSense in a datacenter

2014-04-23 Thread Erik Anderson
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:14 AM, mayak wrote: > The machine has one of those stupid raid chips that works for software > raid -- pfSense knows about these kinds of cards, but nonetheless, I > would like to make this machine as bullet proof as possible (in terms of > disk failure). You're not goin

[pfSense] HP DL160 for pfSense in a datacenter

2014-04-23 Thread mayak
Hi All, I have inherited a used an HP DL160 for use at a data center to act as a principal firewall -- The machine has one of those stupid raid chips that works for software raid -- pfSense knows about these kinds of cards, but nonetheless, I would like to make this machine as bullet proof as pos