Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:59:49 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: kalin m <kalin@el.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfi freebsd7 Message-ID: <48445F45.70604@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <484441D8.8050207@el.net> References: <4844293F.7020507@el.net> <484438B1.5020202@unsane.co.uk> <484441D8.8050207@el.net>
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kalin m wrote: > megarc, right... read about it.. here: > > # megarc -AllAdpInfo help > usage : > cmd -AllAdpInfo > : prints info of all cards > > > ..... ok ..... > > # megarc -AllAdpInfo > > ********************************************************************** > MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration > Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA > ********************************************************************** > [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify > Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] > > Type ? as command line arg for help > > No Adapters Found > Error: No MegaRaid Found > > > ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? > the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. > Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne > > thanks... > > > > > > Vince Hoffman wrote: >> kalin m wrote: >>> hi all... >>> >>> a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at >>> the dmesg i see: >>> >>> mfi0: <LSI MegaSAS 1078> port 0xec00-0xecff mem >>> 0xfc480000-0xfc4bffff,0xfc440000-0xfc47ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 >>> mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 >>> >>> for df i get: >>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on >>> /dev/mfid0s1a 496M 197M 259M 43% / >>> devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev >>> /dev/mfid0s1e 496M 12K 456M 0% /tmp >>> /dev/mfid0s1f 661G 636M 608G 0% /usr >>> /dev/mfid0s1d 8.7G 1.4M 8.0G 0% /var >>> >>> >>> i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi >>> driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. >>> >> >> you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly >> sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate >> your array. >> >> Vince >> >>> i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production >>> servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? >>> is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? >>> any performance loss in RAID1 at all? >>> >>> >>> thanks... >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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