From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 1 08:38:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FA0716A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:38:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bigass1.bitblock.com (ns1.bitblock.com [66.199.170.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A5D43D66 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:38:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mitch@bitblock.com) Received: from a1200 ([216.113.193.189]) (AUTH: LOGIN mitch@bitblock.com) by bigass1.bitblock.com with esmtp; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:38:38 +0000 X-Abuse-Reports: Visit http://www.bitblock.com/abuse.php X-Abuse-Reports: and submit a copy of the message headers X-Abuse-Reports: or review our policies and procedures X-Abuse-Reports: ID= 41358A8E.0000AC28.bigass1.bitblock.com,dns; a1200 ([216.113.193.189]),AUTH: LOGIN mitch@bitblock.com From: "Mitch (bitblock)" To: "Frode Nordahl" , "Gernot Hueber" Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 01:38:38 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: <0CBA3092-FBED-11D8-8F4E-000A95A9A574@nordahl.net> cc: Josh Paetzel cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Performance RAID setup... X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:38:44 -0000 > > I had problems with storcon on FreeBSD 5.2.x using SRCU32 and SRC42L, > but it works again now under 5.3-BETA, so I guess this was a unwanted > ABI change or similar now corrected. > > The iir driver is nice and verbose and tells you what is going on if > something happens (using dmesg / var/log/messages) > With the new 800Mhz FSB Xeon's around the corner (well released, I just can't get one yet) I'm hoping I can take advantage of the faster hardware... I wrote an email to the people mentioned in the iir man page asking for clarity on the supported hardware etc, and didn't get a response... The fact that you are seeing change is a good thing... SOMEONE is doing something to the code - does anyone know who? If I get the new gear, I could set up remote console access so that the appropriate person could work on it... that level of C is well beyond me, but I figure providing access to the gear would help - does anyone know who to communicate with? The new boards SE7520JR2 don't support / aren't certified / recommended with some of the older storage controllers... I could use it with an adaptec - but that seems like a crime when there such neat offerings from Intel with such impressive specs. The new board supports "HOSTRAID" - not sure what that is, but neither is anyone at intel support ;-) I've seen references to adaptec, but the controllers on board are LSI Logic - not adaptec. The compatibility matrix: http://www.intel.com/design/servers/buildingblocks/boardsmatrix.htm Seems to indicate SRCS16, SCRZCRX, and SRCU42X are compatible options... SRCS16 is a SATA raid controller.... SRCU42X seems like it's over the top for my needs... the most expensive one... SRCZCRX seems most appropriate for me. My goal - after discussion and feedback from the list is to run RAID mirror sets of 10K scsi drives... so hardware xor speed isn't important - it's quite a basic setup. If I use the old generation boards, the SCRZCR will be appropriate - but it doesn't work - except on the beta? So the hope of seeing the SCRZCR work is slim eh? So - how do I get to the people who can tell me if it's supported? Or so I can get them the resources to debug? Or should I just stick to a ADAPTEC 2120S or a LSI 3201064KIT MEGARAID U320-1? Thanks again! m/