From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Feb 14 12:20:23 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@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 29AB7F1D734 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:20:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@theory14.net) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3B4F742FB for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:20:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@theory14.net) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 6DDFCF1D732; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:20:22 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@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 5A1DFF1D731 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:20:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@theory14.net) Received: from bacon.theory14.net (bacon.theory14.net [45.55.200.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095C4742F9 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:20:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@theory14.net) Received: from remote.theory14.net (remote.theory14.net [173.79.116.36]) by bacon.theory14.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 43810125ECA; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:11:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from anubis.int.theory14.net (anubis.int.theory14.net [192.168.10.50]) by remote.theory14.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 02CA5C50A; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:11:28 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=theory14.net; s=mail; t=1518610289; bh=5hG1UIkpxl/2oe0qyXMyM087QgfwlS/i6e8AR+TaKk4=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To; b=MBhSEU6v/C17obnAbPwHyzY4yAHaL/aPG3O0URplcYWzhuqkrtfglBF5lYwc+6Nfo DHOvvrN3o4J87BSUJF9nmrOooS1pNSbb6I6it5MA7llrvKA7i36cxIdfjwL0Y7YzEe YKZqGYImwaYkcH/41yf465fWbUEzE/Kcz6D+WnUU= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: Supported Controllers From: Chris Gordon In-Reply-To: <0a5fe0e2-f83d-4b6c-206a-52a7e6249336@ges.thm.de> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:11:28 -0500 Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <804B19A5-C8EA-4ACA-96F7-64C02B824A66@theory14.net> References: <0a5fe0e2-f83d-4b6c-206a-52a7e6249336@ges.thm.de> To: Denise Schuck X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:20:23 -0000 > On Feb 14, 2018, at 5:25 AM, Denise Schuck = wrote: >=20 > I have a question concerning supported controllers and can't find = anything about that in the documentation. Some times searching through the man pages gives you better information. > The system I want to install the FreeBSD distribution FreeNAS has an = Adaptec 71605 Controller and an Intel Ethernet Adapter I350-T2. The aacraid(4) driver lists the Adaptec ASR-70165 as one of the cards it = supports. The Intel I350 also works (we use those at work, too) and I = think it=E2=80=99s the ixgbe driver but can=E2=80=99t recall = specifically. One of the big advantages of FreeNAS (or FreeBSD) is the ability to use = ZFS. This includes the ease of management and the protection of your = data that it provides. As a general rule, you want to present ZFS with = the actual disks and not throw a hardware RAID in between. Some RAID = controllers allow you to turn them into individual target mode either = with a setting in their RAID firmware or by flashing them with new = firmware. > (Xeon Processor and 8GB RAM). The general rule of thumb that ZFS will want 1 GB of RAM for each 1 TB = of disk. The impact of having less RAM is that some of the cache=E2=80=99= s (ARC I believe) will not be as big as they could be and you won=E2=80=99= t get as good a read performance as you could. If your system isn=E2=80=99= t very busy, especially with reads, then this won=E2=80=99t matter. I = have a system that doesn=E2=80=99t meat the 1:1 ratio and it works = perfectly fine. > Therefore, will it be impossible to install FreeNAS on my hardware? Or = is it just a matter of released FreeBSD Versions or hardware drivers I = have to install additionally? In summary, everything you have should work out of the box.=20 Chris=