Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:36:50 -0500 From: Rich <rercola@pha.jhu.edu> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sanity check: is 9211-8i, on 8.3, with IT firmware still "the one" Message-ID: <CAOeNLuoJK%2BvS96sacPW0hup0Di3%2B=KvO6x6VT7Cqi2zgo2wFGA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ4oQB3=Pss3K=td%2Be_pm9G-nvGfdGEdRYMKK7AAo0nh4Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201191604510.19710@kozubik.com> <CAOjFWZ5mvrhDrxJpZbk0%2B9JrRM93oz8fkNb4x1G59hoFYARt-A@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201192053050.19710@kozubik.com> <CAOjFWZ4oQB3=Pss3K=td%2Be_pm9G-nvGfdGEdRYMKK7AAo0nh4Q@mail.gmail.com>
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The 92xx can be flashed with the IT firmware to just be a dumb SAS controller, which includes just being a dumb SATA over SAS controller. :) I should just point out that the firmware for the 9211/9200 is up to 12.0.0.0 at the moment. - Rich On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 19, 2012 8:54 PM, "John Kozubik" <john@kozubik.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Freddie, >> >> >> On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, Freddie Cash wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 4:08 PM, John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> We're about to invest heavily in a new ZFS infrastructure, and our > plans are >>>> to: >>>> >>>> - wait for 8.3, with the updated 6gbps mps driver >>>> - Install and use LSI 9211-8i cards with newest "IT" firmware >>>> >>>> This appears to be the de facto standard for ZFS HBAs ... >>>> >>>> Is there any reason to consider other cards/vendors ? >>> >>> >>> We're using the SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i controllers with great >>> success, via the mps driver in 8.2-STABLE (originally, when we >>> installed the box), now running 9.0-RELEASE. =A0WIth the 9.0 IT >>> firmware. =A0Haven't tried the 10.0 firmware yet. >>> >>> We're currently only using ZFS for storing backups (compression, >>> dedupe, and snapshots are perfect for this). =A0But we have plans to us= e >>> similar hardware as these boxes as SAN/NAS boxes for VM servers. >> >> >> >> Is the AOC-USAS2-L8i *actually* identical to the 9211-8i, or is it a > different implementation of the same chipset ? > > They're both using the LSI2008 chipset. > > Isn't the 9200 a RAID controller that can be flashed with the IT firmware > to turn it into a 'dumb' SATA controller? =A0The USAS2 is just a SATA > controller. No onboard RAM, no BBU, no frills. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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