From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 4 02:22:03 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42FFEE5 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2013 02:22:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sean_bruno@yahoo.com) Received: from nm24-vm4.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm24-vm4.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [98.136.217.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A702146E for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2013 02:22:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [216.39.60.180] by nm24.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Jul 2013 02:21:57 -0000 Received: from [208.71.42.212] by tm16.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Jul 2013 02:21:57 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp223.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Jul 2013 02:21:57 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1372904517; bh=x+uI5BbeiWxqpLYACzbB+nOTz73K8BgbS0sluFdUhAI=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:Subject:From:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-ID:Mime-Version:X-Mailer; b=o8C27jE58Zu8Da0aL5jWivXJ9EVunRjHQue5fEm0XU74jTYsYxstPGB34zHMqzqcBD/3YbbRs1SheLZLBDTAhLrbMNGtbbf5JeDgBUUz074aoyffA6mNW8sVBC5zcd8Pznrtr9ZjBAPjxFKZ9Tn4eYDvXvM51gVYjomJzUBjkDI= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 187898.3111.bm@smtp223.mail.gq1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: KQMycekVM1l8DUWEMy8_2G1hZvOAv1xc6d7uPWScIug9tKr wBVLcBYtTqx6M8O.ne_vYx9q8pL5s43iCrA1JmuZF2EjBYJU85ZzbK6IMVI7 66UrSA2JQK5fxYajxWSC4PhkY3ef6VYbNaENb0fy8Zbw6XmxQG_09a46wDOW KRYbeynAhvcg169OI.8Zb3yxwZie_Axuvlm9oFb_7_MDU2cXHl0jyywDksuS lr6Xe1MMl_dkyndEin5PUk_.WSGARB3s1eK9y9I4AKMCrCrN6YzrKbW5dtno fO8lR9PGq.vMj1iaZcMro2LOGN_kxsRB4WvbICQLsxRWZQfRZvl_jK_aDozL Astc32g.kMOCYvh1kjZ06cmbvNaoT5qRRO.0BXc.1amrA_.LmHCBGpgNDn3r D.aZTkwIWPDPiRrfYXNzAjLGQTy5eZVhwLVosba7aXobikJBhRYrEeqQZuwp ymb2GxOcPBh39AYqn7d7Utuwi0Ua_xTjKqbvMf_LEvL73p5Uoon8vEErkOxL SmxHXNl68wAnphlrY4g_xiDNbz_IYeq64_oDtVDJyJf1jSuve0zg- X-Yahoo-SMTP: u5BKR6OswBC_iZJVfGRoMkTIpc8pEA4- X-Rocket-Received: from [192.168.1.210] (sean_bruno@71.202.40.63 with ) by smtp223.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 04 Jul 2013 02:21:57 +0000 UTC Subject: Re: Dell R710 with PERC H310. GPT issues and hardware raid or ZFS? From: Sean Bruno To: Steven Hartland In-Reply-To: <12FB82C142E74924B27F4DBB642D0D1F@multiplay.co.uk> References: <51C5B4EE.3010601@growveg.net> <81EDE2A7D67241DAB985C38662DA57DD@multiplay.co.uk> <51C5EAB0.7040009@growveg.net> <20130622191619.GA73246@icarus.home.lan> <12FB82C142E74924B27F4DBB642D0D1F@multiplay.co.uk> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-91Ax1Ev7r2UteFQKAvyw" Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 19:21:56 -0700 Message-ID: <1372904516.1427.4.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: sbruno@freebsd.org List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 02:22:03 -0000 --=-91Ax1Ev7r2UteFQKAvyw Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Some mfi controllers actually have a JBOD option, if it does you'll > be able to this controller if not watch out as using the RAID 0 option > will almost certainly cause you pain. >=20 > mps as Jeremy has said is better option. >=20 > Regards > Steve I note that the H310 in a test R420 that I have does indeed have a JBOD option. This presents a disk as /dev/mfisyspdX which is totally befuddling. On our stable/9, we get crash and burns with kernel panics and data corruption, but I haven't pursued it enough to be productive. I did bump the machine to head and didn't see any difference. Sean --=-91Ax1Ev7r2UteFQKAvyw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJR1Nw/AAoJEBkJRdwI6BaHONEH/2fy2g6CaQ3QJK/JnqgsO+1S kfBRCSTNe1ayOFrz59m6OfF9HJh5wFEgymNaRZZYFfPJVsNz+KovxofsakLj4lz+ MA4+8QdE9XUjhb4GM7y2jQ4sBuCYD9ghr0wtL0jXO+QsIwdMSCCRA6ilMw/bFms6 Az9ysnMi1hriBB0NFZ4E90ow1ZUl8HjcmfNIcyWSdrNuZtLOTdXJgbFZWZU2im2T ne/S0hNEbLHWxN5rXKnde9DeZe9THsFOSAJGM28tQZTwIMSgXygwrXcRTg0cbo/p bd+Y5rGJS/4ulAM6UB9CWVlqcvA0eJp7o40yQ6El0y2qm6I76lttHAS+73+/v7g= =3EGE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-91Ax1Ev7r2UteFQKAvyw--