Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:45:56 +0000 From: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell branded storage controller for ZFS file-server | Advice requested Message-ID: <54C25EA4.1070504@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5BA9C549-9159-4A85-8C37-C30D700C8E4A@gwynne.id.au> References: <CANzjMX4GXf_jMMKZVSE3kf4NCvOUR0anjda3KSvFTNn6-%2BWmGg@mail.gmail.com> <EDB1FFA8-5311-4846-BCFF-127DF9A71453@gwynne.id.au> <CANzjMX4eyuPJ1qFvye6ECHDbJq8OZdoE7F2PzpaAFiME06fX5A@mail.gmail.com> <A427E3EC-2732-4295-B303-31910B8C1762@gwynne.id.au> <CANzjMX7vtayMt-q8uhDXK=A760ZWWG0kAkp6suPuDTf5j7EuUA@mail.gmail.com> <5BA9C549-9159-4A85-8C37-C30D700C8E4A@gwynne.id.au>
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I believe h330 is a LSI 3008 underneath with 256 QD which is classed my mrsas as Invader/Fury 12Gb/s MR controller so you should get decent performance from it, as with anything though only testing will answer the question categorically ;-) On 23/01/2015 13:21, David Gwynne wrote: >> On 23 Jan 2015, at 11:02 pm, Ahmed Kamal <email.ahmedkamal@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> scary stuff .. so just to be clear: >> >> - LSI SAS hba => disks DONT spin up >> - h310 in jbod mode => disks DONT spin up >> - h330 in jbod mode => disks work fine ? > h330 doing jbod is a supported config from dell, so if it doesnt work should be able to have a little tantrum and get them to fix it or replace bits till it does work. > >> Note that currently dell's web configurator, only sells h330 with r730(xd) not r720(xd) .. The r720 comes with h310 or h710 afaict > yes. > >> Note 2, Illumos people are able to pass a driver parameter to spin up crappy dell disks .. check >> http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182179/2013/06/sort/from/page/4/entry/15:430/20130617155143:52F0F7EA-D787-11E2-84A9-87C6F7D228D8/ > you can patch your kernels as much as you want to, but you cant fix the bios in the machine. if you want to boot off disks like that in a jbod config you'll need ones that spin up when they get power. > > dlg > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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