Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:00:39 +0000 From: Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage Message-ID: <4B7372D7.9060108@incunabulum.net> In-Reply-To: <4B730B94.1050205@comcast.net> References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1002090103520.982@hotlap.local> <4B71490B.6030602@langille.org> <b269bc571002091004r67167bcobd54cd70f4256dad@mail.gmail.com> <4B71AED5.4030002@wensing.org> <201002091949.o19JntPo009017@apollo.backplane.com> <4B723DF9.3070105@langille.org> <4B730B94.1050205@comcast.net>
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On 02/10/10 19:40, Steve Polyack wrote: > > I haven't had such bad experience as the above, but it is certainly a > concern. Using ZFS we simply 'offline' the device, pull, replace with > a new one, glabel, and zfs replace. It seems to work fine as long as > nothing is accessing the device you are replacing (otherwise you will > get a kernel panic a few minutes down the line). mav@FreeBSD.org has > also committed a large patch set to 9-CURRENT which implements > "proper" SATA/AHCI hot-plug support and error-recovery through CAM. I've been running with this patch in 8-STABLE for well over a week now on my desktop w/o issues; I am using main disk for dev, and eSATA disk pack for light multimedia use.
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