From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 07:03:40 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 3C5C41065672 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:03:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rincebrain@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECFCD8FC1A for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:03:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbbey12 with SMTP id ey12so299032vbb.13 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:03:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=8/QFH6na4WEz9PMB8Z0HONSxeStiGapXz4NZEzighOc=; b=Uox8s0OXyjq5fYdnTbVzoc4jBU971tR8N4XqjDe5KA8U/RfrbrB2Qf7Coj7L31SasA ivL3gGHAugILFNQJ8R/jHuC8o97qAyS5rlHednmJXrlnKF7OpfJsy0l9xit7jnmdJO96 Oc/GM5xHCgz3HevpekTqF7yND79T7awQWNGTY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.27.70 with SMTP id r6mr14104570vdg.41.1327041410776; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:36:50 -0800 (PST) Sender: rincebrain@gmail.com Received: by 10.220.179.195 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:36:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:36:50 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: lDhS3Ih1LHcgx9SbIXuel-qowCo Message-ID: From: Rich To: Freddie Cash Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 07:03:40 -0000 The 92xx can be flashed with the IT firmware to just be a dumb SAS controller, which includes just being a dumb SATA over SAS controller. :) I should just point out that the firmware for the 9211/9200 is up to 12.0.0.0 at the moment. - Rich On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Jan 19, 2012 8:54 PM, "John Kozubik" wrote: >> >> >> Hi Freddie, >> >> >> On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, Freddie Cash wrote: >> >>> 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. =A0WIth the 9.0 IT >>> firmware. =A0Haven't tried the 10.0 firmware yet. >>> >>> We're currently only using ZFS for storing backups (compression, >>> dedupe, and snapshots are perfect for this). =A0But we have plans to us= e >>> similar hardware as these boxes as SAN/NAS boxes for VM servers. >> >> >> >> Is the AOC-USAS2-L8i *actually* identical to the 9211-8i, or is it a > different implementation of the same chipset ? > > They're both using the LSI2008 chipset. > > Isn't the 9200 a RAID controller that can be flashed with the IT firmware > to turn it into a 'dumb' SATA controller? =A0The USAS2 is just a SATA > controller. No onboard RAM, no BBU, no frills. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"