Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-02-01 Thread Anh Quach
It's been about a year now and I figured I'd send out a little update for anyone curious. For density and cost considerations, we ended up going with a custom built Supermicro "double sided storage" chassis, which can hold 72 drives in 4U. We initially deployed 10 raidz2 vdevs for about 40TB u

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-30 Thread Edmund White
: Richard Elling mailto:richard.ell...@gmail.com>> Cc: Edmund White mailto:ewwh...@mac.com>>, zfs-discuss mailto:zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org>> Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7 It's been about a year now and I figured I'd send out a little update for anyone curio

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-09 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 08.01.2013 18:30, Edmund White wrote: The D2600 and D2700 enclosures are fully supported as Nexenta JBODs. [1] I run them in multiple production environments [2]. [2] I *could* use an HP-branded LSI controller (SC08Ge [3]), but I prefer the higher performance of the LSI 9211 and 9205e HBA's.

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread Richard Elling
ary 8, 2013 12:09 PM > To: Sašo Kiselkov > Cc: "zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org" > Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7 > > Good call Saso. Sigh... I guess I wait to hear from HP on supported IT mode > HBAs in their D2000s or other jbods. > > > On

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread Edmund White
rated with NexentaStor. -- Edmund White ewwh...@mac.com From: Mark - mailto:carne...@gmail.com>> Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 12:09 PM To: Sašo Kiselkov mailto:skiselkov...@gmail.com>> Cc: "zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org<mailto:zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org>" mailto:

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread Mark -
Good call Saso. Sigh... I guess I wait to hear from HP on supported IT mode HBAs in their D2000s or other jbods. On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > On 01/08/2013 04:27 PM, mark wrote: > >> On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Richard Elling wrote: > >> > >> FYI, HP also sells an 8-p

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread Edmund White
This has been covered here, but it works. I typically use LSI-9211 and 9205 controller in G6 and G7 ProLiant systems for ZFS use. I usually bypass the onboard controller. I don't use the HP expander card since the LSI cards provide enough ports. That expander card is good for ZFS, though. See: htt

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 01/08/2013 04:27 PM, mark wrote: >> On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Richard Elling wrote: >> >> FYI, HP also sells an 8-port IT-style HBA (SC-08Ge), but it is hard to >> locate >> with their configurators. There might be a more modern equivalent cleverly >> hidden somewhere difficult to find. >>

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread mark
> > On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Richard Elling wrote: > > > FYI, HP also sells an 8-port IT-style HBA (SC-08Ge), but it is hard to locate  > with their configurators. There might be a more modern equivalent cleverly > hidden somewhere difficult to find. >  -- richard > Richard, Do you know

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2012-07-03 Thread Anh Quach
Thanks Richard and Edmund for the input. Looking at the DL380 now... -Anh On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Richard Elling wrote: > On Jul 2, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Edmund White wrote: > >> This depends upon what you want to do. I've used G6 and G7 ProLiants >> extensively in ZFS deployments (Nexenta,

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2012-07-02 Thread Richard Elling
On Jul 2, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Edmund White wrote: > This depends upon what you want to do. I've used G6 and G7 ProLiants > extensively in ZFS deployments (Nexenta, mostly). I'm assuming you'd be > using an external JBOD enclosure? When I was at Nexenta, we qualed the DL380 G7, D2600, and D2700. The

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2012-07-02 Thread Edmund White
No, I'll install using the internal drive bays mapped to an LSI controller. Using the internal disks bays is also handy for ZIL/L2ARC devices. -- Ed On 7/2/12 5:07 PM, "Anh Quach" wrote: >Yes, planning on attaching multiple DataOn JBODs. > >When you say you've been replacing the onboard Smar

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2012-07-02 Thread Anh Quach
Yes, planning on attaching multiple DataOn JBODs. When you say you've been replacing the onboard Smart Array controller (in external disk setups), do you also mean that your root pool is configured on the JBOD(s), essentially completely bypassing any of the built-in drive bays? Thanks, Edmund

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2012-07-02 Thread Edmund White
This depends upon what you want to do. I've used G6 and G7 ProLiants extensively in ZFS deployments (Nexenta, mostly). I'm assuming you'd be using an external JBOD enclosure? All works well. I disable the onboard Smart Array P410 RAID controller and replace it with an LSI SAS HBA. If using interna