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Subject: Re: LSI 9260: is there a way to configure it JBOD like mps?
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devnullius wrote:
>
> Quoted from: 
> http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/LSI-9260-is-there-a-way-to-configure-it-JBOD-like-mps-tp5796967p6062147.html
>
> Ok thanks! Got the same tip somewhere else and also confirmation it won't
> work otherwise
> (https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/it-mode-firmware-for-lsi-megaraid-sas-9260-4i.40093/). 
>
> QUESTION: I'm building all this just because I always have disks crashing
> and data loss with lots of effort to recover it all. SO... IF I go budget
> and set it all to RAID0... WHAT will happen if I need to recover data???? 
>   

You set all the drives as single disk RAID0 then ZRAID/ZRAID2 all the
Logical drives on top....  If you're going the zfs route... otherwise...
RAID5/RAID6 at the hardware level and UFS the logical drive...


> Thanks :)
>
> Devnullius
>
> PS: Michelle, sorry for emailing you too... Kinda rude, it was not my
> intention :)
>   

No problem - replied in private as well..

> Happy holidays whatever they are!
>   

Il-Milied u s-Sena t-Tajba.

Regards,

-- 
Michelle Sullivan
http://www.mhix.org/