From owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Thu Feb 6 23:07:06 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19CA623D792 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 23:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from javocado@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk1-xa2b.google.com (mail-vk1-xa2b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::a2b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48DDbF2KFGz3LR9 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 23:07:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from javocado@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk1-xa2b.google.com with SMTP id i4so89550vkc.3 for ; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:07:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=8PgHjVv7e/CP9FtJQRiHilrTW2vXgNUfzjShcM9wa+4=; b=AhNkmJ9oqs9lJ0JdINuTpjbaK8OwRgnaKtsT7T1aHW2CQzILV0dI2A+rD/6gKZzGf6 oL+EOh/UNBZztayU4brTO5FTEDMvF9pQW8xmRppVNDpdSK6QYssh267VcwlZgD/z9bhV 9L0L5ghRS3MVyro0IUfGwZhYOMlxTIXQvnFM+yb6XOV2bGjEmeNuggbfwye/RF9dlvGg w+e9o8KzzDI3dwQM2nJLZPSFYzH9eoNYAEEmI4cPS4XRUQowE8vTFoBS4Ei2F8mvVswF 1I0T5raR4GhymqbvvmUVeS47TFEOEsA6UFfnPrpNDeFBEt/XrG2jqW+TNcQa1+rzSHHw aJcw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=8PgHjVv7e/CP9FtJQRiHilrTW2vXgNUfzjShcM9wa+4=; b=SEPyz1FFRAXeZATZjVH+w/5ig36tLCU5gkznTWTknPqKedC0omBp+fj8L9MmECO9zX JZI8ONi65jMfFdFCQ+UnG7cUTBf/beonGgcBdLZdIJngytpE8rhUe6uAObQSv8iulKc7 +kD7SKgE6OvPYfG1weRBVRkmTL6s/xbQca4yHQGCDNWqXYbn4XFYn1b0EJYLECh9zzcx HyOV8RJe8lFRfNd8XYVSZGTgV8U/rtPSOaklWsTRO0UibQw0ZNHy3LhmYSmzhEV5WHHg pDa1czVQfTKPW7Q2mp/Jqgryyeh/F9cXsIfviwNfwz9AS2qIsHZwIShYqB4U1wwxr/vf QJ1A== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUoPkNrKvyH3NLYhJGFvJVl/HGvvp8I6vkrcoFxqrzpXDe64TRB efI8aTAK53Z6yiMgaJQwV4c1RG/wpb7VrySnAlZ8ZkxR X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxXxQwe4q9Q+1yEYnj9ZzIP4z7O9fUpeOO3WYlVs4ynBCJYFBgBJaIycrRmrdpE2uLAQGoK/WWMCNroihxFuvg= X-Received: by 2002:a1f:add3:: with SMTP id w202mr3260445vke.30.1581030423230; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:07:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: javocado Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 15:06:52 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Best drives to use for ZFS SLOG w/ 9300-8i To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48DDbF2KFGz3LR9 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=AhNkmJ9o; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of javocado@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::a2b as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=javocado@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.00 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; URI_COUNT_ODD(1.00)[3]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (-8.80), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-1.97), asn: 15169(-1.74), country: US(-0.05)]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[b.2.a.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:07:06 -0000 I am setting up a new server running FreeBSD 12.1 which will have a (non-boot) zpool with a SLOG. The SLOG drives will be running on a LSI (Broadcom) 9300-8i 12G SAS/SATA HBA card: https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9300-8i I'm wondering what drives people are using/liking that take full advantage of this card's speed and (12Gb/s) capability while also providing the write cache (power loss protection) required for the SLOG. Thanks!