From owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Thu Dec 17 08:51:55 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0406EA49FE9 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 08:51:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmitri_koulikov@mail.ru) Received: from fallback7.mail.ru (fallback7.mail.ru [94.100.181.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F1991DD5 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 08:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmitri_koulikov@mail.ru) Received: from smtp50.i.mail.ru (smtp50.i.mail.ru [94.100.177.110]) by fallback7.mail.ru (mPOP.Fallback_MX) with ESMTP id 2B7C614E98732 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:51:52 +0300 (MSK) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mail.ru; s=mail2; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Date:Subject:References:To:From:Message-ID; bh=SQCqavMWGOPutXW4DucAsPT31RJvRuoezJFDBxZJ5kA=; b=XvT6l+lXuVSl3NieitppHOJPPecVotRlgpV3fgbVTQY6D/B5LejYW+s0GJ39WHCwDmb3+34+n6zAWrYT5Jgxl3chPTHrSJgF92pJ9ksrgGxLydhqgSByDJqskAfSLjEcDKMzIaVMq63XaQp5vZRsvTqZwA/JeZeXlxrwLt5gu2U=; Received: from [94.198.129.26] (port=44240 helo=dmitriypc) by smtp50.i.mail.ru with esmtpa (envelope-from ) id 1a9UHm-0000f4-J3; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:51:43 +0300 Message-ID: <993F50B5B53C4E5690E994081F49C28B@dmitriypc> From: "Dmitriy Kulikov" To: "Ivan Kurtev" , References: Subject: Re: Installing FREEBSD on HP ProLiant DL60 Gen9 Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:44:55 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Mras: Ok Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 08:51:55 -0000 Hi! Using of gmirror is a legacy decision. I suggest you to study the = documentation on ZFS. It provides many advantages, especially with = larger drives (over 300GB). In particular, ZFS provides quick system recovery when a sudden = power-off (when fsck can run for a very long time). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS https://blogs.oracle.com/roch/entry/when_to_and_not_to http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/index.html https://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dzpool&sektion=3D8 http://xgu.ru/wiki/ZFS Best Regards, Dmitriy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ivan Kurtev=20 To: Dmitriy Kulikov=20 Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 12:11 AM Subject: Re: Installing FREEBSD on HP ProLiant DL60 Gen9 Hi Dmitry, Thank you very match for your urgent replay! it was very useful for me. I will use gmirror, instead of B140i to = build my mirror Best Regards, Ivan Kurtev On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Dmitriy Kulikov = wrote: Hi! Buying the server with B140i controller is not good idea for = installing FreeBSD. But it's a "question of money". ;-( The entire series controllers Bxxxi often has bugs and performance = degradation in FreeBSD. As a workaround to install FreeBSD with the controller Bxxxi you can = use following recommendation: --------------------------------------------- Turn off the software RAID in BIOS, and it should work fine. To disable the Bxxxi RAID, do this: On Boot press F9 and enter the Setup System Options SATA Controller Options Embedded SATA Configuration : Enable SATA Legacy Support HP Dynamic Smart Array Bxxxi RAID Controller : Disabled PCI Device Enable/Disable Intel(R) SATA Controller #1 : Enabled Intel(R) SATA Controller #2 : Enabled HP Dynamic Smart Array Accelerator Manager : Disabled --------------------------------------------- Network controller 361T should be fine. Integrated network controllers of HP are working well too. I just installed FreeBSD 10.2 on DL360 Gen9 server (K8N32A) with = integated network adapter, H240ar HBA disk controller and 2 HDD. = https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/hp-gen9-arrays-support.52588/#post-306= 304 = http://forum.lissyara.su/viewtopic.php?f=3D5&t=3D43285&p=3D375871#p375871= It was difficult because HP is not interested in collaboration with = FreeBSD. But in general I guess that buying a server K8N32A is very = cost-effective for medium projects. I used root on ZFS-sripe - it is a good modern solution. Best Regards, Dmitriy --------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivan Kurtev" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:47 PM Subject: Installing FREEBSD on HP ProLiant DL60 Gen9 Hi All, Is it possible to install FREEBSD 10 on following server: HP ProLiant DL60 Gen9 Storage Controller->HPE Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller Network Card->HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 361T Adapter Thank You for your attention! Best Regards, _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=20