From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 14:48:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2113623A for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:48:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yk0-x235.google.com (mail-yk0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c07::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8C242E0B for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:48:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yk0-f181.google.com with SMTP id q200so3855478ykb.12 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:48:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=5iu094cMVNXKpPtOOo1X6nSl58PQRgzHZoMZoZpZHCw=; b=yj70gmugUf5V5RvtUuaexRt/pggSC9SBdvyFXMs9uT0AHqdXvj+ZOYikB7PiseGQ3Y n/TKm3ru7nA4sFycDCq3CY/Mx4Z/Pj6MA/5kj8X4EYzTesGfC5QHZG3X0WzxdFi6X0aS f5dlK4oymyCTHPjfxE+DUF2I/ullz31BXFCdqprC1+3t5gHROpdgVvu1TK749CG48tHL DAP3Nm/6FEhtBW+sDjQ4iy/EY+WW0Ovb9RCl5o/tvuE5eNyolqT2rWh3DzSDt0BCjUGC qQRCBVE5AKx+GDzDrYMaBFV5fDvftnsRoZITc0bLVmkwhu9fTbtiJXhJvOFsIU7jYGIR FkPQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.82.5 with SMTP id n5mr16928205yhe.35.1405954132106; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:48:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.170.132.80 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:48:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:48:52 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD NAS hardware suggestions From: krad To: cruxpot Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:48:53 -0000 does that card export the drives properly or is it a raid card? If it doesn't you might be better off picking yourself up a cheap sas HBA (lsi/intel) off ebay. You can get 3 or 6 gbit ones for about =C2=A330-60 if= you bide your time On 21 July 2014 15:35, cruxpot wrote: > Hi there, > > I am upgrading my FreeBSD 9.2 NAS box. I purchased an old Highpoint > Rocketraid 2300 from eBay along with some large disks. My motherboard > is an A8R-MVP with an old Opteron processor with 3GB RAM with no EFI > support in the legacy BIOS (AFAIK) and I am curious whether it can > either boot or access 3TB disks in a raidz pool. > > Does FreeBSD 9.2 perform well with the controller card if 4 disks are > hooked up to it? > > If I choose disks larger than 3TB, will I have to make the raidz pool > "auxiliary" and not boot from a root raidz? > > I am looking at Seagate's NAS line of drives since they seem to have > less DOA's in reviews than the WD red drives. Are these good for ZFS? > > Any other recommendations? I am doing this upgrade because the NAS > currently has Seagate Barracuda Green disks that keep dropping off (I > posted here a while back) and I think it's related to the green > drives' firmware, which cannot be modified. > > Thanks for any insight! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >