Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 08:45:50 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org> Cc: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, Freebsd current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SAS/SATA controllers: 8 port that support 8TB Drives Message-ID: <7c70b29bd38a656420e141c64fbd43d2@lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <CBFF1F78-E030-4E29-A6F4-A3299F10CFBE@freebsd.org> References: <17529e76a2fd0a402a76d758c4f0afd2@lerctr.org> <CBFF1F78-E030-4E29-A6F4-A3299F10CFBE@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 06/18/2022 8:30 am, Michael Gmelin wrote: >> On 18. Jun 2022, at 15:10, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> wrote: > >> On 06/18/2022 3:54 am, Michael Gmelin wrote: >> >> [SNIP] >> >> Subvendor is Fujitsu Siemens - so I guess this is integrated into a >> system by them. >> >> Seems like flashing the 2108 to an IT firmware isn't an option (based >> on what I found online). You could check if there are firmware updates >> available though. How did you configure the drives in the megaraid >> utility (ctrl-h after boot)? Did you create a RAID-0 for each disk? >> And what capacity is shown in there? >> >> Based on [0], 2108 based controllers don't support 4kn. IT mode would >> help (true passthrough), but as written above, I don't think it's an >> option for this model. >> >> -m >> [0] https://bitdeals.tech/blogs/news/4kn-lsi-compatibility-list >> >> as I said earlier in the thread, I've bought 2 of these: >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/194910024856 >> >> which if I'm reading that chart right should work with the 4Kn drives. > > That certainly sounds promising. > Best > Michael > >> -- >> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org >> US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106 And I realized I didn't answer the question about how stuff was configured, each disk is Raid0. the current pool is 10x3T disks, and I'm adding 6x8T since the pool is 70% full (bacula backups, Time Machine Backups, random other stuff). -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106 [-- Attachment #2 --] <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /></head><body style='font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif'> <p id="reply-intro">On 06/18/2022 8:30 am, Michael Gmelin wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0"> <div id="replybody1"> <div dir="auto"> <div dir="ltr"> </div> <div dir="ltr"> </div> <div dir="ltr"><br /> <blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">On 18. Jun 2022, at 15:10, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> wrote:<br /><br /></blockquote> </div> <blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0"> <div dir="ltr"> <p id="v1reply-intro">On 06/18/2022 3:54 am, Michael Gmelin wrote:</p> <p>[SNIP]</p> <div id="v1replybody1"> <div dir="auto"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> </div> <div>Subvendor is Fujitsu Siemens - so I guess this is integrated into a system by them.</div> <div> </div> <div>Seems like flashing the 2108 to an IT firmware isn't an option (based on what I found online). You could check if there are firmware updates available though. How did you configure the drives in the megaraid utility (ctrl-h after boot)? Did you create a RAID-0 for each disk? And what capacity is shown in there?</div> <div> </div> <div>Based on [0], 2108 based controllers don't support 4kn. IT mode would help (true passthrough), but as written above, I don't think it's an option for this model.</div> <div> </div> <div>-m</div> <div dir="ltr"> </div> [0] <a href="https://bitdeals.tech/blogs/news/4kn-lsi-compatibility-list" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://bitdeals.tech/blogs/news/4kn-lsi-compatibility-list</a></div>; <div dir="ltr"><br /> <div dir="ltr"><span></span><br /><br />as I said earlier in the thread, I've bought 2 of these:<br /><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/194910024856" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.ebay.com/itm/194910024856</a></div>; <div dir="ltr"> </div> <div dir="ltr">which if I'm reading that chart right should work with the 4Kn drives. </div> <div dir="ltr"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div> </div> <div>That certainly sounds promising.</div> <div> </div> Best <div>Michael<br /> <blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0"> <div dir="ltr"> <div id="v1replybody1"> <div dir="auto"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p><br /></p> <div id="v1signature"> <div class="v1pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span class="v1sig">-- <br />Larry Rosenman <a href="http://www.lerctr.org/~ler" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.lerctr.org/~ler</a><br />Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: <a href="mailto:ler@lerctr.org" rel="noreferrer">ler@lerctr.org</a><br />US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106<br /></span></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p>And I realized I didn't answer the question about how stuff was configured, each disk is Raid0. the current</p> <p>pool is 10x3T disks, and I'm adding 6x8T since the pool is 70% full (bacula backups, Time Machine Backups, random other stuff).</p> <p><br /></p> <div id="signature"> <div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span class="sig">-- <br />Larry Rosenman <a href="http://www.lerctr.org/~ler" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.lerctr.org/~ler</a><br />Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: <a href="mailto:ler@lerctr.org">ler@lerctr.org</a><br />US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106<br /></span></div> </div> </body></html>help
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