Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:05:38 +0100 From: Borja Marcos <borjam@sarenet.es> To: Ireneusz Pluta <ipluta@wp.pl> Cc: freebsd-fs <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS on Hardware RAID Message-ID: <37EE4B1A-2A7A-4117-97D0-E5E6F5C35030@sarenet.es> In-Reply-To: <60bca2c2-67fe-402c-038c-281adde488da@wp.pl> References: <1180280695.63420.1547910313494.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <92646202.63422.1547910433715.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <CAOeNLurgn-ep1e=Lq9kgxXK%2By5xqq4ULnudKZAbye59Ys7q96Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1901200834470.12592@mail0.time-domain.co.uk> <1691666278.63816.1547976245836.JavaMail.zimbra@gausus.net> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1901200930550.12592@mail0.time-domain.co.uk> <CAMdBLfQvF7mXriwAvu-h5BaXBNhb_8VPRRfDmeM0u1NGoyWY_g@mail.gmail.com> <92746659-4B3F-415C-BB6A-6C99837AFAF2@sarenet.es> <335e44ec-7c76-8dbd-f587-46e6a9266efc@multiplay.co.uk> <A593D329-3526-4B5A-BCEF-7C17FA5FFA49@sarenet.es> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1901221349090.31758@mail0.time-domain.co.uk> <6E23ED3B-B163-40E5-A173-14EE47E00E5A@sarenet.es> <60bca2c2-67fe-402c-038c-281adde488da@wp.pl>
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> On 23 Jan 2019, at 09:38, Ireneusz Pluta <ipluta@wp.pl> wrote: >=20 > W dniu 2019-01-23 o 08:15, Borja Marcos pisze: >> By the way, some of these =E2=80=9Cpure raid=E2=80=9D cards can be = cross flashed to be plain HBAs but it=E2=80=99s a risky procedure. I = bricked one or two. >=20 > any experience with these ones? >=20 > LSI MegaRAID SAS 9280-16i4e > LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i > LSI MegaRAID SAS 84016E Not really, the ones I have used were rebranded by Dell or IBM. My advice is not to try to cross flash them from MegaRAID. Better try = the mfi and mfip approach with the passthrough tunable. I have some servers running like that for 10 years now and they = are solid. Borja.
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