Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:22:45 -0400 From: Mike <the.lists@mgm51.com> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended HBA for ZFS, contemporary Message-ID: <33322d71-1f14-38f5-a8d5-657c315e3a62@mgm51.com> In-Reply-To: <f78013a4-639d-18b2-6ff2-c12ac03493f4@denninger.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>
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On 8/22/2016 2:45 PM, Karl Denninger 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! thx.
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