Is it functionally different if I don't even bother with the raid crap on it, or should I change the firmware anyway?
The LSI controller is built into the motherboard of the supermicro server we have. Do you have a recommendation for a better SAS HBA? On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <[email protected]>wrote: > And by the way, the IR firmware is the 'raid' firmware, supporting mirrors. > Better use the IT firmware for ZFS > > roy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > It's an LSI2008-IR. Same thing or different? It's a SAS controller, no > > RAID. > > > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > It wouldn't be an LSI 3801/3081 board by any chance? I've seen some > > > rather > > > bad issues like this with those boards > > > > > > roy > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Indeed, right now zpool status -v is reporting only 1 > > > > unrecoverable > > > > error. > > > > However, other LUNs aren't recognized by VMWare as VMFS volumes > > > > anymore. > > > > > > > > The server does have ECC memory, and an LSI SAS controller (no > > > > RAID, > > > > ZFS > > > > handles everything). We've had this in production for about 4 > > > > months > > > > without issue until yesterday. I agree about mirror-8; I'm > > > > concerned > > > > it may > > > > also have problems. I did online one drive in mirror-3. The other > > > > drive, > > > > wouldn't online. > > > > > > > > At this point I want to get the two replacement drives I have > > > > installed, > > > > which goes back to one of my questions: what's the best method for > > > > replacement with hot spare already in place? I've seen other > > > > articles/posts > > > > about simply using zpool detach pool_name failed_device, but I > > > > want to > > > > make > > > > sure I get that part right and don't cause further problems. Once > > > > I > > > > know > > > > those are in place, I'm going to run a full scrub in the evening. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Eric Pierce > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Lucas Van Tol > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think the re silver should have looked at all the data and > > > > > given > > > > > you the > > > > > entire list of bad data, but I'm not entirely sure if re silvers > > > > > look > > > > > outside of the vdev they are fixing. > > > > > A scrub would look at all the data and verify it. > > > > > > > > > > I note that your drives are out due to too many errors. > > > > > Normally, I would say just replace them, but since you lost so > > > > > many > > > > > at > > > > > once; it may be worth trying to force the drives online. > > > > > I don't know how that will interact with the spares, but if the > > > > > original > > > > > drives can be brought online and a scrub run; one of the two > > > > > drives > > > > > may > > > > > still have the missing data; after which a scrub may recover it. > > > > > It would be a problem if the spare detached itself though, and > > > > > I'm > > > > > not sure > > > > > how spares behave in such situations. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also; mirror 8 has more 'read' errors than I would trust. > > > > > I find it suspicious that there are an equal #'s of failures on > > > > > disks in > > > > > that vdev. > > > > > Have you had any memory or disk controller issues on the system, > > > > > and > > > > > are > > > > > you using ECC memory? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Lucas Van Tol > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > > > -- > > > Vennlige hilsener / Best regards > > > > > > roy > > > -- > > > Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk > > > (+47) 97542685 > > > [email protected] > > > http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ > > > -- > > > I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres > > > intelligibelt. Det > > > er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv > > > anvendelse av > > > idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer > > > adekvate > > > og relevante synonymer på norsk. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > -- > Vennlige hilsener / Best regards > > roy > -- > Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk > (+47) 97542685 > [email protected] > http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ > -- > I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det > er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av > idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. 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