Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:23:44 -0500 From: Linda Kateley <lkateley@kateley.com> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended HBA for ZFS, contemporary Message-ID: <3c17c513-2eb3-7acf-4885-b31594ea2ee8@kateley.com> In-Reply-To: <63B2949F-01C6-4465-A2D8-E4AA0FE0150C@bway.net> 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>
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On 8/22/16 1:51 PM, Charles Sprickman via freebsd-fs wrote: >> On Aug 22, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote: >> >> On 8/22/2016 13:38, Mike wrote: >>> On 8/22/2016 2:36 PM, Karl Denninger wrote: >>>> On 8/22/2016 13:34, Mike wrote: >>>>> On 8/22/2016 12:18 PM, Ben RUBSON wrote: >>>>>>> On 22 Aug 2016, at 18:14, InterNetX - Juergen Gotteswinter <juergen.gotteswinter@internetx.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> LSI SAS 2008 Based HBA, there are dozens of OEM available for Budget Prices >>>>>> With the IT firmware. >>>>> What's the significance of "IT firmware"? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> It's (slightly) faster, provided you don't turn on any of the other >>>> stuff (which is always dumb with these adapters.) >>> Does it come with the HBA board(s), needs to be purchased or downloaded >>> separately? >> I've never gotten a card with it on it; I've always had to flash it. >> Flashing these cards is a bit of a highwire act and can brick them, but >> I've never had it happen myself. With that said my real reason to flash >> all of mine is to have all of them on the same firmware just so I can >> eliminate that as a possible contributor to problems if one starts >> acting up and the others are not. It's more of a "good practice" thing >> than a need IMHO; it's not a lot of fun to try to run down a problem >> only to find out after much hair has been pulled out of one's own head >> that the problem is bad firmware on a board! >>> Total noob here who wants to move my ZFS server disks off the >>> motherboard SATA ports. :) >>> > 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. > > Also personally, with the few boards I’ve seen with built-in LSI adapters > have always been a little wonky compared to their non-LSI counterparts. > > Is this all just the end-result of LSI basically buying up everyone? 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. > > Charles > >> -- >> Karl Denninger >> karl@denninger.net <mailto:karl@denninger.net> >> /The Market Ticker/ >> /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/
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