Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-28 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 28/10/2011 06:53, Albert Shih wrote: Le 27/10/2011 à 13:34:50-0400, David Magda a écrit On Thu, October 27, 2011 11:32, Albert Shih wrote: I also recommend LSI 9200-8E or new 9205-8E with the IT firmware based on past experience Do you known if the LSI-9205-8E HBA or the LSI-9202-16E HBA

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-27 Thread Albert Shih
Le 19/10/2011 à 19:23:26-0700, Rocky Shek a écrit Hi. Thanks for this information. I also recommend LSI 9200-8E or new 9205-8E with the IT firmware based on past experience Do you known if the LSI-9205-8E HBA or the LSI-9202-16E HBA work under FreBSD 9.0 ? Best regards. Regards. --

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-27 Thread David Magda
On Thu, October 27, 2011 11:32, Albert Shih wrote: I also recommend LSI 9200-8E or new 9205-8E with the IT firmware based on past experience Do you known if the LSI-9205-8E HBA or the LSI-9202-16E HBA work under FreBSD 9.0 ? Check the man page for mpt(4):

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-27 Thread Albert Shih
Le 27/10/2011 à 13:34:50-0400, David Magda a écrit On Thu, October 27, 2011 11:32, Albert Shih wrote: I also recommend LSI 9200-8E or new 9205-8E with the IT firmware based on past experience Do you known if the LSI-9205-8E HBA or the LSI-9202-16E HBA work under FreBSD 9.0 ? Check

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 20 Oct 2011, at 05:24, Dennis Glatting free...@penx.com wrote: On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Dave Pooser dave@alfordmedia.com wrote: On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: When we buy a MD1200 we need a

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Albert Shih
Le 19/10/2011 à 21:30:31+0700, Fajar A. Nugraha a écrit Sorry to cross-posting. I don't knwon which mailing-list I should post this message. I'll would like to use FreeBSD with ZFS on some Dell server with some MD1200 (classique DAS). When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: Any advise about the RAM I need on the server (actually one MD1200 so 12x2To disk) The more the better :) Well, my employer is not so rich. It's first time I'm going to use ZFS on FreeBSD on production (I use on my

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Albert Shih
Le 19/10/2011 à 10:52:07-0400, Krunal Desai a écrit On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server so we have two options :        1/ create a LV on the PERC H800 so the server see one volume and

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 10/20/11 11:49 AM, Albert Shih wrote: Le 19/10/2011 à 10:52:07-0400, Krunal Desai a écrit On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server so we have two options : 1/ create a LV on the PERC

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Oct 20, 2011, at 2:57 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: Also, what do they mean by SAS 6Gbps External Controller ? SAS is serial attached SCSI; it permits multipath connections to devices and thus is more similar to fibre channel HBAs than SATA, although some SAS controllers will also work

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 10/20/11 6:52 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: Hi-- On Oct 20, 2011, at 2:57 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: Also, what do they mean by SAS 6Gbps External Controller ? SAS is serial attached SCSI; it permits multipath connections to devices and thus is more similar to fibre channel HBAs than

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Oct 20, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: SAS is serial attached SCSI; it permits multipath connections to devices and thus is more similar to fibre channel HBAs than SATA, although some SAS controllers will also work with normal SATA drives. I know what SAS stands for. OK. My

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Krunal Desai
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: I'm not sure what you mean when you say «H200 flashed with IT firmware» ? IT is Initiator Target, and many LSI chips have a version of their firmware available that will put them into this mode, which is desirable for ZFS.

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-20 Thread Koopmann, Jan-Peter
On the Dell website I've the choice between : SAS 6Gbps External Controller PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 512MB Cache, PCIe PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 512MB NV Cache, PCIe PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 1GB NV Cache, PCIe PERC

ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Albert Shih
Hi Sorry to cross-posting. I don't knwon which mailing-list I should post this message. I'll would like to use FreeBSD with ZFS on some Dell server with some MD1200 (classique DAS). When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server so we have two options : 1/ create

Re: ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Ivan Voras
On 19/10/2011 16:30, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: Hi Sorry to cross-posting. I don't knwon which mailing-list I should post this message. I'll would like to use FreeBSD with ZFS on some Dell server with some MD1200

Re: ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 10/19/11 4:14 PM, Albert Shih wrote: Hi Sorry to cross-posting. I don't knwon which mailing-list I should post this message. I'll would like to use FreeBSD with ZFS on some Dell server with some MD1200 (classique DAS). When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the

Re: ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Jorge Medina
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: Hi Sorry to cross-posting. I don't knwon which mailing-list I should post this message. I'll would like to use FreeBSD with ZFS on some Dell server with some MD1200 (classique DAS). When we buy a MD1200 we need a

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: Hi Sorry to cross-posting. I don't knwon which mailing-list I should post this message. I'll would like to use FreeBSD with ZFS on some Dell server with some MD1200 (classique DAS). When we buy a MD1200 we need a

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Krunal Desai
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server so we have two options :        1/ create a LV on the PERC H800 so the server see one volume and put        the zpool on this unique volume and let the

Re: ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread perryh
Damien Fleuriot m...@my.gd wrote: Why would you post about freebsd on opensolaris' list is beyond me. Presumably because opensolaris is the ZFS upstream. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Любомир Григоров
If by OpenSolaris you mean OpenIndiana, (OpenSolaris is dead), both OI and FreeBSD have the same ZFS pool version (28). There is no native advantage of using OI over FreeBSD regarding ZFS. If you want the latest ZFS with cryto (30), you need to go with closed source Solaris 11 Express, which you

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Dave Pooser
On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server No, you need a card that includes 2 external x4 SFF8088 SAS connectors. I'd recommend an LSI SAS 9200-8e HBA flashed with the IT firmware-- then it presents the

RE: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Rocky Shek
-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Dave Pooser Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; zfs-disc...@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: When we buy a MD1200 we need

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD

2011-10-19 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Dave Pooser dave@alfordmedia.com wrote: On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, Albert Shih albert.s...@obspm.fr wrote: When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server No, you need a card that includes 2 external x4 SFF8088 SAS connectors. I'd recommend an