From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 00:56:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E89AA106564A for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:56:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A33A58FC16 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:56:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfl17 with SMTP id fl17so54571vcb.13 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:56:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=4sJ6DwaeRLKGrnjuigB0nfvgbjKlVBNk7H1pxkzCxRk=; b=kuYijv6tPJssbdDx4pAqDp3Z8bQ72amnXWLSFS0kaSHyj/oV8WhzUTdYZl3gamU/IY GZ1wGXA63UMsvwccHMZJkDA7TGl/inTB29JVsDgzIdxCGswuxo2EcdaqKbW5fo+MQJF5 FlSVk4ClkrdEYVe+PFWwW3qSczKe+QU+i6G8U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.115.135 with SMTP id i7mr8072343vcq.40.1327020993915; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:56:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.191.130 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:56:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:56:33 -0800 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: John Kozubik Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sanity check: is 9211-8i, on 8.3, with IT firmware still "the one" X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:56:35 -0000 On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 4:08 PM, John Kozubik wrote: > We're about to invest heavily in a new ZFS infrastructure, and our plans are > to: > > - wait for 8.3, with the updated 6gbps mps driver > - Install and use LSI 9211-8i cards with newest "IT" firmware > > This appears to be the de facto standard for ZFS HBAs ... > > Is there any reason to consider other cards/vendors ? We're using the SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i controllers with great success, via the mps driver in 8.2-STABLE (originally, when we installed the box), now running 9.0-RELEASE. WIth the 9.0 IT firmware. Haven't tried the 10.0 firmware yet. We're currently only using ZFS for storing backups (compression, dedupe, and snapshots are perfect for this). But we have plans to use similar hardware as these boxes as SAN/NAS boxes for VM servers. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com