Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:53:51 +1030 From: "O'Connor, Daniel" <darius@dons.net.au> To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: zfs on hardware raid array Message-ID: <C948C8E7-8BE5-4D18-978C-EAA292BDE7D2@dons.net.au> In-Reply-To: <713C7A3D-93A2-4542-8221-24DDFA0C533E@freebsd.org> References: <2021985079.63423.1547910450967.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <5108B64F-2DB8-41F7-A7EC-FEAF007ECB16@orbdesigns.com> <713C7A3D-93A2-4542-8221-24DDFA0C533E@freebsd.org>
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> On 20 Jan 2019, at 06:28, Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> wrote: > We thought it strange that Oracle would spec hardware (I think it's an = LSI controller) that didn't allow JBOD when they themselves recommend = not using hardware RAID for ZFS, and also don't support booting from = anything other than ZFS (starting with Solaris 11). FWIW you can cross flash a lot of LSI controllers with IT firmware. eg https://nguvu.org/freenas/Convert-LSI-HBA-card-to-IT-mode/ Of course that may void your warranty or carry some risk you don't want = but it does work :) -- Daniel O'Connor "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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