From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 20 13:07:52 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC0DBA77 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:07:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org) Received: from smarthost1.greenhost.nl (smarthost1.greenhost.nl [195.190.28.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B3F74A for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:07:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.greenhost.nl ([213.108.104.138]) by smarthost1.greenhost.nl with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UIIkA-0000o4-5c for freebsd-fs@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:07:51 +0100 Received: from [81.21.138.17] (helo=ronaldradial.versatec.local) by smtp.greenhost.nl with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UIIk9-0004Ha-W6 for freebsd-fs@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:07:49 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best freebsd version for zfs file server References: <5148CB42.6090001@cse.yorku.ca> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:07:50 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Ronald Klop" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5148CB42.6090001@cse.yorku.ca> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.14 (Win32) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamav at smarthost1.samage.net X-Spam-Level: ++++++++ X-Spam-Score: 8.2 X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=8.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40, IN_PBL_AND_BAYES_40, RCVD_IN_SBL autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Flag: YES X-Scan-Signature: 897836312160ed0141c32cdc6ac56212 X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:07:52 -0000 On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:32:02 +0100, Jason Keltz wrote: > Hi. > I hope to soon put into production a new file server hosting many ZFS > filesystem with FreeBSD. The system has 2 x 9205-8e cards, and 1 x > 9207-8i card and 24 x 900 GB 10K RPM drives. I'm trying to figure out > what is ultimately the "best" version of FreeBSD to run on a production > file server. I believe that it doesn't make sense to stick directly to > the 9.1/release because there have already been many ZFS problems that > were solved in 9.1/stable. On the other hand, stable doesn't > necessarily have to be "stable"! Of course "release" might not be > "stable" either if there's a bug that say, causes a hang on my > controller card, and it's not fixed in anything but "stable"! Yet, > "stable" might "break" something else. I'm wondering what people who > are running FreeBSD file servers in production do -- do you track > individual changes, and compile release + individual bug fixes that > likely affect you, or, in my case, if I run "stable", do all my testing > with "stable", do I run that version of stable, and only attempt to > upgrade to the next "stable" release while very carefully reviewing the > bug list, then holding my breath when the server comes up? Any > recommendations would be appreciated. I know there are a lot of people > who are happily running FreeBSD file servers. :) I would run 9-RELEASE until there is a really (really really) good reason to do otherwise. There is no reason to get h*rny about every feature or every additional commit if just serving files works really well. Ronald. > > Jason. > > On 03/19/2013 03:04 PM, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013, Tom Evans wrote: >> >>>> I'm currently in process of making new backup server, based on LSI >>>> 9260 >>>> controller. I'm planning to use ZFS over disks, hence the most >>>> natural way >>>> seems to configure mfi to JBOD mode - but I can't find easy way to >>>> reach this, >>>> neither in BIOS utilities nor via MegaCli >>> 9260 should be SAS-2008 based, so mps(4) not mfi(4). >> Well, it at least detected by stable/9 GENERIC as mfi >> >>> The internet[1] suggests that this card should be flashable to a >>> 9211-8i with IT mode firmware, which is just about the ultimate ZFS >>> card, instant-JBOD on inserting a disk, passthru for SMART, high >>> performance, etc. >> Will check, thanks for the reference. >> >>> [1] >>> http://blog.grem.de/sysadmin/LSI-SAS2008-Flashing-2012-04-12-22-17.html >>> > > _______________________________________________ > 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"