Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 22:29:07 -0400 From: Paul Kraus <paul@kraus-haus.org> To: FreeBSD FS <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recommended HBA for ZFS, contemporary Message-ID: <A3BC9480-42C7-4740-95E6-D030C3231406@kraus-haus.org> In-Reply-To: <3c17c513-2eb3-7acf-4885-b31594ea2ee8@kateley.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1608221904270.82304@woozle.rinet.ru> <306ccab3-4c78-751a-2258-54701a64ab4b@internetx.com> <41DE4DAA-B5E1-4BB9-AF54-780236A901EF@gmail.com> <e9abbe16-837d-027a-6f0b-819944434143@mgm51.com> <ebe9caba-0e26-c5ed-6f13-7a94e084898c@denninger.net> <ce9ef2ee-b115-5a5f-80ea-f28a9cbd540a@mgm51.com> <f78013a4-639d-18b2-6ff2-c12ac03493f4@denninger.net> <63B2949F-01C6-4465-A2D8-E4AA0FE0150C@bway.net> <3c17c513-2eb3-7acf-4885-b31594ea2ee8@kateley.com>
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> On Aug 22, 2016, at 3:23 PM, Linda Kateley <lkateley@kateley.com> wrote: >> This is all a bit crazy. Is the LSI series of HBAs really the only choice >> outside of onboard controllers? It seems like they are troublesome, support >> is spotty, and this whole flashing process gives me nightmares. > I have the same question. LSI used to always be the go-to, but in recent years it seems to get more and more wonky.. there has to be a better way. I have been using a variety of cards using the non-RAID Marvell chipsets (as was recommended to be me over on the OpenZFS list a few years ago). Generally the cards are from Syba. I have had no failures and no problems under FreeBSD 10.1 and 10.3.
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