Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:28:51 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: killing@multiplay.co.uk, <freebsd-performance@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051019091936.04740e00@64.7.153.2> In-Reply-To: <001801c5d49e$dfc81440$0b02000a@anvil> References: <6.2.3.4.0.20051018234157.085cd7b8@64.7.153.2> <001801c5d49e$dfc81440$0b02000a@anvil>
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At 07:18 AM 19/10/2005, Richard Tector wrote:
>I've got a system here running 6.0-RC1 with the 8 port PCI-X Areca card and
>a 7 disk RAID5 array of 320GB Western Digital disks. I have to agree with
>Mike here, they are indeed extremely fast and I can't say I've ever had any
>issues with it. Recommended.
>
>However, I haven't had much cause to use the CLI management utils, so I
>can't really comment there.
They are adequate. Not as nice as the 3dm program, but good enough
for monitoring / checking.
Copyright (c) 2004 Areca, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Areca CLI, Version: 1.3( FreeBSD )
Controllers List
----------------------------------------
Controller1: ARC-1110
Current Controller: Controller1
----------------------------------------
CMD Description
==========================================================
main Show Command Categories.
set General Settings.
rsf RaidSet Functions.
vsf VolumeSet Functions.
disk Physical Drive Functions.
sys System Functions.
event Event Functions.
hw Hardware Monitor Information.
exit Exit CLI.
==========================================================
Command Format: <CMD> [Sub-Command] [Parameters].
Note: Use <CMD> -h or -help to get details.
CLI> hw info
The Hardware Monitor Information
===========================================
Fan#1 Speed (RPM) : 2970
HDD #1 Temp. : 33
HDD #2 Temp. : 34
HDD #3 Temp. : 33
HDD #4 Temp. : 34
===========================================
GuiErrMsg<0x00>: Success.
CLI> vsf info
# Name Raid# Level Capacity
Ch/Id/Lun State
===============================================================================
1 Volume Set # 00 1 Raid5 750.0GB 00/00/00 Normal
===============================================================================
GuiErrMsg<0x00>: Success.
CLI>
CLI> event info
Date-Time Device Event Type
===============================================================================
2005-10-3 22:39:56 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-9-7 4:2:4 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-8-3 16:52:0 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-8-3 15:48:4 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-8-3 15:38:49 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-8-3 15:36:2 IDE Channel # 4 Device Inserted
2005-8-3 15:35:55 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-8-3 15:34:6 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-8-3 15:30:5 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-8-3 15:28:57 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-8-3 15:25:3 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-8-3 15:24:19 IDE Channel # 4 Device Inserted
2005-8-3 15:24:11 IDE Channel # 3 Device Inserted
2005-8-3 15:24:8 IDE Channel # 3 Device Removed
2005-8-3 15:23:22 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-7-15 14:45:9 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
2005-7-15 11:45:33 H/W MONITOR Raid Powered On
# diskinfo -t da0
da0
512 # sectorsize
749999751168 # mediasize in bytes (698G)
1464843264 # mediasize in sectors
91182 # Cylinders according to firmware.
255 # Heads according to firmware.
63 # Sectors according to firmware.
Seek times:
Full stroke: 250 iter in 1.309230 sec = 5.237 msec
Half stroke: 250 iter in 3.694140 sec = 14.777 msec
Quarter stroke: 500 iter in 2.018954 sec = 4.038 msec
Short forward: 400 iter in 0.805780 sec = 2.014 msec
Short backward: 400 iter in 1.694952 sec = 4.237 msec
Seq outer: 2048 iter in 0.205310 sec = 0.100 msec
Seq inner: 2048 iter in 0.200980 sec = 0.098 msec
Transfer rates:
outside: 102400 kbytes in 1.019945 sec = 100398 kbytes/sec
middle: 102400 kbytes in 1.300898 sec = 78715 kbytes/sec
inside: 102400 kbytes in 1.185229 sec = 86397 kbytes/sec
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/spool/test bs=32k count=20000
20000+0 records in
20000+0 records out
655360000 bytes transferred in 7.587819 secs (86370011 bytes/sec)
>Richard
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-performance@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mike Tancsa
>Sent: 19 October 2005 04:45
>To: Steven Hartland; freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations
>
>
>At 06:36 PM 18/10/2005, Steven Hartland wrote:
> >Anyone got any SATA RAID 5 controllers they can recommend 64Bit PCIX.
>
>I use the 3ware line (8xxx) and they are very stable, but not the
>fastest. For speed, check out the cards from Areca. Native FreeBSD
>support and they are FAST
>
>http://www.areca.com.tw/products/html/pcix-sata.htm
>
>
> ---Mike
>
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