From owner-freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Wed Jan 23 11:05:45 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5290814C275C for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:05:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from borjam@sarenet.es) Received: from cu1176c.smtpx.saremail.com (cu1176c.smtpx.saremail.com [195.16.148.151]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24C966E184 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:05:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from borjam@sarenet.es) Received: from [172.16.8.5] (unknown [192.148.167.11]) by proxypop02.sare.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 078409DC5D3; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:05:39 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.2 \(3445.102.3\)) Subject: Re: ZFS on Hardware RAID From: Borja Marcos In-Reply-To: <60bca2c2-67fe-402c-038c-281adde488da@wp.pl> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:05:38 +0100 Cc: freebsd-fs Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <37EE4B1A-2A7A-4117-97D0-E5E6F5C35030@sarenet.es> References: <1180280695.63420.1547910313494.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <92646202.63422.1547910433715.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <1691666278.63816.1547976245836.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <92746659-4B3F-415C-BB6A-6C99837AFAF2@sarenet.es> <335e44ec-7c76-8dbd-f587-46e6a9266efc@multiplay.co.uk> <6E23ED3B-B163-40E5-A173-14EE47E00E5A@sarenet.es> <60bca2c2-67fe-402c-038c-281adde488da@wp.pl> To: Ireneusz Pluta X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.102.3) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 24C966E184 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of borjam@sarenet.es designates 195.16.148.151 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=borjam@sarenet.es X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.03 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.93)[-0.926,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:195.16.148.0/24]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sarenet.es]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.66)[0.664,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.97)[-0.970,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: smtp.sarenet.es]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[151.148.16.195.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; IP_SCORE(0.01)[country: ES(0.05)]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[wp.pl]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:3262, ipnet:195.16.128.0/19, country:ES]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:05:45 -0000 > On 23 Jan 2019, at 09:38, Ireneusz Pluta wrote: >=20 > W dniu 2019-01-23 o 08:15, Borja Marcos pisze: >> By the way, some of these =E2=80=9Cpure raid=E2=80=9D cards can be = cross flashed to be plain HBAs but it=E2=80=99s a risky procedure. I = bricked one or two. >=20 > any experience with these ones? >=20 > LSI MegaRAID SAS 9280-16i4e > LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i > LSI MegaRAID SAS 84016E Not really, the ones I have used were rebranded by Dell or IBM. My advice is not to try to cross flash them from MegaRAID. Better try = the mfi and mfip approach with the passthrough tunable. I have some servers running like that for 10 years now and they = are solid. Borja.