From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Jan 21 01:36:15 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28E6A14B1004 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 01:36:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darius@dons.net.au) Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.137.141]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 120A78E412 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 01:36:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darius@dons.net.au) Received: from ppp118-210-245-94.bras1.adl4.internode.on.net (HELO midget.dons.net.au) ([118.210.245.94]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 21 Jan 2019 12:00:56 +1030 Received: from midget.dons.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by midget.dons.net.au (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id x0L1Uio0043882 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:00:50 +1030 (ACDT) (envelope-from darius@dons.net.au) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by midget.dons.net.au (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id x0L1NwEx036890 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:53:58 +1030 (ACDT) (envelope-from darius@dons.net.au) X-Authentication-Warning: midget.dons.net.au: mailnull set sender to using -f Received: from maelstrom.gsoft.com.au (Maelstrom.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.59]) by ppp118-210-245-94.bras1.adl4.internode.on.net (envelope-sender ) (MIMEDefang) with ESMTP id x0L1NqsK036886; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:53:58 +1030 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.2 \(3445.102.3\)) Subject: Re: zfs on hardware raid array From: "O'Connor, Daniel" In-Reply-To: <713C7A3D-93A2-4542-8221-24DDFA0C533E@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:53:51 +1030 Cc: freebsd-stable Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <2021985079.63423.1547910450967.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <5108B64F-2DB8-41F7-A7EC-FEAF007ECB16@orbdesigns.com> <713C7A3D-93A2-4542-8221-24DDFA0C533E@freebsd.org> To: Daniel Eischen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.102.3) X-Spam-Score: 0 () No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.83 on 10.0.2.1 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 120A78E412 X-Spamd-Bar: ++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [4.67 / 15.00]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_XAW(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: midget.dons.net.au]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[141.137.101.150.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:4739, ipnet:150.101.0.0/16, country:AU]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[94.245.210.118.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.11]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; IP_SCORE(0.42)[ipnet: 150.101.0.0/16(1.69), asn: 4739(0.45), country: AU(-0.03)]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.89)[0.893,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.99)[0.992,0]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[dons.net.au]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.98)[0.977,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 01:36:15 -0000 > On 20 Jan 2019, at 06:28, Daniel Eischen wrote: > We thought it strange that Oracle would spec hardware (I think it's an = LSI controller) that didn't allow JBOD when they themselves recommend = not using hardware RAID for ZFS, and also don't support booting from = anything other than ZFS (starting with Solaris 11). FWIW you can cross flash a lot of LSI controllers with IT firmware. eg https://nguvu.org/freenas/Convert-LSI-HBA-card-to-IT-mode/ Of course that may void your warranty or carry some risk you don't want = but it does work :) -- Daniel O'Connor "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum