Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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 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 individual disks and ZFS can handle redundancy and recovery. Exactly, thanks for suggesting an exact controller model that can present disks as JBOD. With hardware RAID, you'd pretty much rely on the controller to behave nicely, which is why I suggested to simply create one big volume for zfs to use (so you pretty much only use features like snapshot, clones, etc, but don't use zfs self healing feature). Again, others might (and have) disagree and suggest using volumes for individual disk (even when you're still relying on hardware RAID controller). But ultimately there's no question that the best possible setup would be to present the disks as JBOD and let zfs handle it directly. I saw something interesting and different today, which I'll just throw out. A buddy has a HP370 loaded with disks (not the only machine that provides these services, rather the one he was showing off). The 370's disks are managed by the underlying hardware RAID controller, which he built as multiple RAID1 volumes. ESXi 5.0 is loaded and in control of the volumes, some of which are partitioned. Consequently, his result is vendor supported interfaces between disks, RAID controller, ESXi, and managing/reporting software. The HP370 has multiple FreeNAS instances whose disks are the disks (volumes/partitions) from ESXi (all on the same physical hardware). The FreeNAS instances are partitioned according to their physical and logical function within the infrastructure, whether by physical or logical connections. The FreeNAS instances then serves its disks to consumers. We have not done any performance testing. Generally, his NAS consumers are not I/O pigs though we want the best performance possible (some consumers are over the WAN resulting in any HP/ESXi/FreeNAS performance issues possibly moot). (I want to do some performance testing because, well, it may have significant amusement value.) A question we have is whether ZFS (ARC, maybe L2ARC) within FreeNAS is possible or would provide any value. Possible, yes. Provides value, somewhat. You still get to use snapshots, compression, dedup... You don't get ZFS self healing though which IMO is a big loss. Regarding the ARC, it totally depends on the kind of files you serve and the amount of RAM you have available. If you keep serving huge, different files all the time, it won't help as much as when clients request the same small/avg files over and over again.___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upgrading from 6.2-RELEASE?
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 21:55, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: I have gotten custody of an old machine running the aforementioned, and it's in production. I can take it down for a couple of hours if necessary, but would prefer to have it down as little as possible. What are my options for getting it to a supported release - looking at the handbook it doesn't appear the the freebsd-update utility will work in this case, as it's not 6.3? Can I, for instance, boot from a CD of a supported version and do an upgrade, or am I stuck doing a download of sorce for 7.0-RELEASE, compiling that, and then an freebsd-update to 7.4? You can ignore everything you have been told so far and head to http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/upgrade/ and follow the procedures there, one at a time, and you will be able to update your box all the way to FreeBSD 9.x !! I have used them before to upgrade several boxes. I prompted RSE to write the 8.x-9.x procedure and I tested it step by step and I am currently running 9.0-BETA3 on one of my boxes: [wash@jaribu ~]$ uname -a FreeBSD jaribu.kictanet.or.ke 9.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA3 #0: Fri Oct 7 14:11:20 EAT 2011 r...@jaribu.kictanet.or.ke:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GW i386 So what you need is to upgrade to RELENG_6 first, using csup/cvsup, then start the procedures of 6.x-7.x, 7.x-8.x and if you want, 8.x-9.x Good luck! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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 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 hardware manage the raid. 2/ create 12 LV on the perc H800 (so without raid) and let FreeBSD and ZFS manage the raid. which one is the best solution ? Neither. The best solution is to find a controller which can pass the disk as JBOD (not encapsulated as virtual disk). Failing that, I'd go with (1) (though others might disagree). Thanks. That's going to be very complicate...but I'm going to try. 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 laptop but that's mean nothing), so what's in your opinion the minimum ram I need ? Is something like 48 Go is enough ? Just make sure do NOT use dedup untul you REALLY know what you're doing (which usually means buying lots of RAM and SSD for L2ARC). Ok. Regards. JAS -- Albert SHIH DIO batiment 15 Observatoire de Paris 5 Place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon Cedex Téléphone : 01 45 07 76 26/06 86 69 95 71 Heure local/Local time: jeu 20 oct 2011 11:30:49 CEST ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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 laptop but that's mean nothing), so what's in your opinion the minimum ram I need ? Is something like 48 Go is enough ? If you don't use dedup (recommended), should be more than enough. If you use dedup, search zfs-discuss archive for some calculation method posted. For comparison purposes, you could also look at Oracle's zfs storage appliance configuration: https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=dstore:product:3479784507256153::NO:RP,6:P6_LPI,P6_PROD_HIER_ID:424445158091311922637762,114303924177622138569448 -- Fajar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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 put the zpool on this unique volume and let the hardware manage the raid. 2/ create 12 LV on the perc H800 (so without raid) and let FreeBSD and ZFS manage the raid. which one is the best solution ? Any advise about the RAM I need on the server (actually one MD1200 so 12x2To disk) I know the PERC H200 can be flashed with IT firmware, making it in effect a dumb HBA perfect for ZFS usage. Perhaps the H800 has the same? (If not, can you get the machine configured with a H200?) I'm not sure what you mean when you say «H200 flashed with IT firmware» ? If that's not an option, I think Option 2 will work. My first ZFS server ran on a PERC 5/i, and I was forced to make 8 single-drive RAID 0s in the PERC Option ROM, but Solaris did not seem to mind that. OK. I don't have choice (too complexe to explain and it's meanless here) but I can only buy at Dell at this moment. 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 6/E SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, External, PCIe 256MB Cache PERC 6/E SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, External, PCIe 512MB Cache LSI2032 SCSI Internal PCIe Controller Card I've no idea what's the first thing is. But what I understand the best solution is the first or the last ? Regards. JAS -- Albert SHIH DIO batiment 15 Observatoire de Paris 5 Place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon Cedex Téléphone : 01 45 07 76 26/06 86 69 95 71 Heure local/Local time: jeu 20 oct 2011 11:44:39 CEST ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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 H800 so the server see one volume and put the zpool on this unique volume and let the hardware manage the raid. 2/ create 12 LV on the perc H800 (so without raid) and let FreeBSD and ZFS manage the raid. which one is the best solution ? Any advise about the RAM I need on the server (actually one MD1200 so 12x2To disk) I know the PERC H200 can be flashed with IT firmware, making it in effect a dumb HBA perfect for ZFS usage. Perhaps the H800 has the same? (If not, can you get the machine configured with a H200?) I'm not sure what you mean when you say «H200 flashed with IT firmware» ? If that's not an option, I think Option 2 will work. My first ZFS server ran on a PERC 5/i, and I was forced to make 8 single-drive RAID 0s in the PERC Option ROM, but Solaris did not seem to mind that. OK. I don't have choice (too complexe to explain and it's meanless here) but I can only buy at Dell at this moment. 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 6/E SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, External, PCIe 256MB Cache PERC 6/E SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, External, PCIe 512MB Cache LSI2032 SCSI Internal PCIe Controller Card I've no idea what's the first thing is. But what I understand the best solution is the first or the last ? Regards. JAS The best solution is to get a dumb HBA which will present your drives directly to the OS (JBOD), then create your ZFS pools there. Many people have already recommended LSI because it's widely used on the list. Also, what do they mean by SAS 6Gbps External Controller ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: My tribute to Dennis Ritchie
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.comwrote: # grep -ir Ritchie /usr/src/* /usr/src/bin/cat/cat.1:.An Dennis Ritchie /usr/src/contrib/ntp/util/**ansi2knr.1:ansi2knr \- convert ANSI C to Kernighan Ritchie C /usr/src/contrib/tcpdump/**print-rx.c: * Sigh. This is gross. Ritchie forgive me. /usr/src/games/fortune/**datfiles/fortunes: -- Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/games/fortune/**datfiles/fortunes: -- Ken Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/games/fortune/**datfiles/fortunes: -- Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/games/fortune/**datfiles/fortunes: -- Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/games/fortune/**datfiles/fortunes:Dennis Ritchie is twice as bright as Steve Jobs, and only half wrong. /usr/src/games/fortune/**datfiles/fortunes: -- Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/games/fortune/**datfiles/fortunes:Ritchie's Rule: /usr/src/games/fortune/**datfiles/fortunes: -- Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/lib/libc/rpc/PSD.doc/**xdr.rfc.ms:[1] Brian W. Kernighan Dennis M. Ritchie, The C Programming /usr/src/lib/libcompat/regexp/**README:a V8 manual page sent to me by Dennis Ritchie (the manual page enclosed /usr/src/sbin/fsck_ffs/SMM.**doc/3.t:I thank Bill Joy, Sam Leffler, Robert Elz and Dennis Ritchie /usr/src/sbin/fsck_ffs/SMM.**doc/3.t:.IP [Ritchie78] 20 /usr/src/sbin/fsck_ffs/SMM.**doc/3.t:Ritchie, D. M., and Thompson, K., /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**devfs/paper.me:published on UNIX by Ritchie and Thompson [Ritchie74]: /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**devfs/paper.me:The initial implementation used hardcoded inode numbers [Ritchie98]. /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**devfs/paper.me:[Ritchie74] /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**devfs/paper.me:D.M. Ritchie and K. Thompson: /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**devfs/paper.me:[Ritchie98] /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**devfs/paper.me:Dennis Ritchie: private conversation at USENIX Annual Technical Conference /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**fsinterface/fsinterface.ms:fil**esystem [Ritchie74], /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**fsinterface/fsinterface.ms:.IP Ritchie74 /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**fsinterface/fsinterface.ms:Rit**chie, D.M. and K. Thompson, ``The Unix Time-Sharing System,'' /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**kerntune/4.t:.IP [Ritchie74] 20 /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**kerntune/4.t:Ritchie, D. M. and Thompson, K., /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**malloc/malloc.ms:studied in the ``Old testament'', chapter 8 verse 7 [Kernighan Ritchie] /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**sysperf/7.t:.IP [Ritchie74] 20 /usr/src/share/doc/papers/**sysperf/7.t:Ritchie, D. M. and Thompson, K., /usr/src/share/doc/psd/01.**cacm/p1:D. M. Ritchie and K. Thompson /usr/src/share/doc/psd/01.**cacm/p1:c programming language kernighan ritchie prentice-hall /usr/src/share/doc/psd/01.**cacm/ref.bib:%A D. M. Ritchie /usr/src/share/doc/psd/02.**implement/implement:ritchie thompson unix bstj 1978 /usr/src/share/doc/psd/02.**implement/ref.bib:%A D. M. Ritchie /usr/src/share/doc/psd/03.**iosys/iosys:Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/share/doc/psd/04.**uprog/p0:Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/share/doc/psd/04.**uprog/p8:K. L. Thompson and D. M. Ritchie, /usr/src/share/doc/psd/04.**uprog/p8:B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie, /usr/src/share/doc/psd/04.**uprog/p9:D. M. Ritchie /usr/src/share/doc/psd/06.**Clang/Clang.ms:Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/share/doc/psd/06.**Clang/Clang.ms:by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1978. /usr/src/share/doc/psd/15.**yacc/ref.bib:%A D. M. Ritchie /usr/src/share/doc/psd/15.**yacc/ss0:Ritchie Kernighan Language Prentice /usr/src/share/doc/psd/15.**yacc/ssB:D. M. Ritchie, B. W. Kernighan, and M. O. Harris helped translate this document into English. /usr/src/share/doc/psd/16.lex/**lex.ms:B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie, /usr/src/share/doc/psd/16.lex/**lex.ms:B. W. Kernighan, D. M. Ritchie and K. L. Thompson, /usr/src/share/doc/psd/16.lex/**lex.ms:D. M. Ritchie, /usr/src/share/doc/psd/17.m4/**m4.ms:Dennis M. Ritchie /usr/src/share/doc/psd/17.m4/**m4.ms:which was written by D. M. Ritchie /usr/src/share/doc/psd/20.**ipctut/tutor.me:[Kernighan Ritchie 1978], /usr/src/share/doc/psd/20.**ipctut/tutor.me:B.W. Kernighan D.M. Ritchie, 1978, /usr/src/share/doc/psd/**contents/contents.ms:Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson's original paper about UNIX, reprinted /usr/src/share/doc/psd/**contents/contents.ms:Dennis Ritchie's overview of the I/O System of Version 7; still helpful for /usr/src/share/doc/psd/**contents/contents.ms:B.W. Kernighan and D.M. Ritchie, Prentice-Hall, 1978, that /usr/src/share/doc/smm/05.**fastfs/1.t:[Ritchie74], [Thompson78].* /usr/src/share/doc/smm/05.**fastfs/6.t:We also acknowledge Dennis Ritchie for his suggestions /usr/src/share/doc/smm/05.**fastfs/6.t:.IP [Ritchie74] 20 /usr/src/share/doc/smm/05.**fastfs/6.t:Ritchie, D. M. and Thompson, K., /usr/src/share/man/man9/style.**9:Dennis Ritchie in
Re: Bad sector in UFS2 journal area
On 20/10/2011 05:49, Ross wrote: I don't actually have this problem, I'm just curious. What will happen if read fails on sector in UFS2 journal area? Sector won't get remapped until write, so reads will be failing until then. I've had experience with bad sectors with non-journaled filesystems — the system was online and working. The only problem was that particular file and messages in /var/log/messages until the Current Pending Sector counter was cleared and sector was remapped. Will it be the same (online system) with bad sector in journal area? And will it damage the filesystem? Well, SUJ is new enough that there's no general disseminated knowledge about it, but from a quick look at the code: 1) the journal recovery is only ever done in the fsck_ffs program, so it's unlikely that the kernel will panic from a bad sector 2) if the journal cannot be read at any point, the recovery code *should* offer the user to nuke the journal and perform a normal, full fsck, which presumably should leave the file system in a usable state 3) journal writes are done via the normal mechanisms, so it also shouldn't lead to kernel panics on bad sectors, but the normal cannot-write-to-device kernel error message and continued operation. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring
After attempting unsuccessfully to update KDE4 via portmaster, I found a number of errors printed out when using pkg_version-vIL=. I eventually used portmanager to update the KDE4 port successfully; however, I am still receiving the following error messages. These ports need updating: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring koffice-kde4-2.3.3_3 needs updating (index has 2.3.3_5) postgresql-client-8.2.21 needs updating (index has 8.2.22_1) I have not found a way to ascertain which ports contain the corrupted records. Originally, there were over a dozen of them but portmanager fixed most of them for me. How can I determine what ports are still damaged so that I might correct them. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+f...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Jerry je...@seibercom.net wrote: After attempting unsuccessfully to update KDE4 via portmaster, I found a number of errors printed out when using pkg_version-vIL=. I eventually used portmanager to update the KDE4 port successfully; however, I am still receiving the following error messages. These ports need updating: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring koffice-kde4-2.3.3_3 needs updating (index has 2.3.3_5) postgresql-client-8.2.21 needs updating (index has 8.2.22_1) I have not found a way to ascertain which ports contain the corrupted records. Originally, there were over a dozen of them but portmanager fixed most of them for me. How can I determine what ports are still damaged so that I might correct them. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+f...@seibercom.net Hi Jerry, Have you tried this : # portmaster --check-depends # portmaster -Da Source : http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/pkg_version-corrupted-record-pkgdep-line-without-argument-ignoring/ You can have a look on this thread, where Doug Barton (portmaster's author) explain another way to resolve this problem. http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.ports/browse_thread/thread/e2054d1cfadc0e3a/66c038dfffb36d40?lnk=raotpli=1 Regards, Alexandre ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 04:24:19PM +0200, Alexandre thus spake: On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Jerry je...@seibercom.net wrote: After attempting unsuccessfully to update KDE4 via portmaster, I found a number of errors printed out when using pkg_version-vIL=. I eventually used portmanager to update the KDE4 port successfully; however, I am still receiving the following error messages. These ports need updating: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring koffice-kde4-2.3.3_3 needs updating (index has 2.3.3_5) postgresql-client-8.2.21 needs updating (index has 8.2.22_1) I have not found a way to ascertain which ports contain the corrupted records. Originally, there were over a dozen of them but portmanager fixed most of them for me. How can I determine what ports are still damaged so that I might correct them. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+f...@seibercom.net Hi Jerry, Have you tried this : # portmaster --check-depends # portmaster -Da Source : http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/pkg_version-corrupted-record-pkgdep-line-without-argument-ignoring/ You can have a look on this thread, where Doug Barton (portmaster's author) explain another way to resolve this problem. http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.ports/browse_thread/thread/e2054d1cfadc0e3a/66c038dfffb36d40?lnk=raotpli=1 Try looking into reporting pkgs from the output of this too: #!/bin/sh grep -A1 ^@pkgdep $ /var/db/pkg/*/+CONTENTS -jgh -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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 with normal SATA drives. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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 SATA, although some SAS controllers will also work with normal SATA drives. Regards, I know what SAS stands for. My question was, what do they mean by *external* controller ? Do you get to provide your own ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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 question was, what do they mean by *external* controller ? It means the connections to the devices are external, rather than being intended for internal devices: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/pvaul/topics/en/us/raid_controller?c=usl=encs=555 Do you get to provide your own ? Devices? Yes. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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. This is opposed to other LSI firmware modes like IR which is RAID, I believe. (which you do not want). Since the H200 uses a LSI chip, you can download that firmware from LSI and flash it to the card turning it into an IT-mode card and a simple HBA. --khd ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD
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 6/E SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, External, PCIe 256MB Cache PERC 6/E SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, External, PCIe 512MB Cache LSI2032 SCSI Internal PCIe Controller Card The first one probably is a LSI card. However check with DELL (and if it is LSI, check what card exactly). And check if with that controller they support seeing all individual drives in the chassis as JBOD. Otherwise consider buying the chassis without the controller and get just the LSI from someone else. Regards, JP___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: printing Cups Gutenprint
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:49 PM, n dhert ndhert...@gmail.com wrote: Solved: # cups-genppdupdate # ps -jaxw | grep cupsd -- PID of cupsd deamon # kill -HUP PID 2011/10/18 n dhert ndhert...@gmail.com I updated the ports : gutenprint-base-5.2.4_2 needs updating (index has 5.2.7) gutenprint-cups-5.2.4_2 needs updating (index has 5.2.7) now printing a text file $ lp testfile.txt doesn't print and $ lpstat -t says: printer psg is idle. enabled since Tue Oct 18 08:55:19 2011 The PPD version (5.2.4) is not compatible with Gutenprint 5.2.7. the file remains in the queue until it cancel it How to solve? There was nothing about that in /usr/ports/UPDATING ... Perhaps this should be noted in /usr/ports/UPDATING -- Gary Dunn Open Slate Project http://openslate.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Enlightenment icon path
I have installed Enlightenment after Gnome. My etc/rc.conf is now moused_enable=YES mouse_type=AUTO dbus_enable=YES hald_enable=YES polkitd_enable=YES #gnome_enable=YES I have installed the xdm port and my ~/.xsession is /usr/local/bin/enlightenment_start I still use some Gnome apps. Gedit menus display all icons, Epiphany web browser. does not. For example, on File menu, Open, Save As, Print Preview, Print, and Close have icons to the left of the command. New Tab, New Window, Page Setup, and Send Link by Email have the red X no image icon. These all work in Gnome. Is there a path I need to set? -- Gary Dunn Open Slate Project http://openslate.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Enlightenment Power Off on system menu
My Enlightenment system menu has some useful commands disabled. Is there a way to selectively enable them? Enabled: Lock Log Out Cancel Disabled: Power Off Suspend Reboot Hibernate I want to enable Power Off and Reboot. I have never had any luck getting FreeBSD to suspend, much less hibernate, so I am happy to leave those disabled. I am trying to use xdm rather than gdm or kdm, and lacking Power Off and Reboot on the system menu makes these tasks awkward. -- Gary Dunn Open Slate Project http://openslate.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Enlightenment cpufreq gadget broken display
I added the cpugreq gadget to my shelf. It appears to be an analog tachometer but the only data displayed is digital, just below the center of where the tach needle should be. And the font makes to number too small to be useful, even on the desktop. Anybody have a working cpufreq gadget? The one in gnome work just fine. -- Gary Dunn Open Slate Project http://openslate.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Enlightenment cpufreq gadget broken display
Gary, Fwiw You might try #e on freenode. :) -Eric -Original message- From: Open Slate openslatep...@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thu, Oct 20, 2011 23:14:01 GMT+00:00 Subject: Enlightenment cpufreq gadget broken display I added the cpugreq gadget to my shelf. It appears to be an analog tachometer but the only data displayed is digital, just below the center of where the tach needle should be. And the font makes to number too small to be useful, even on the desktop. Anybody have a working cpufreq gadget? The one in gnome work just fine. -- Gary Dunn Open Slate Project http://openslate.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Can't access a music CD (or any other media now)
2011-10-20 03:25, Michael D. Norwick skrev: with a data CD in the drive during reboot. Trying to manually mount the drive results in; $ sudo mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0 /media/dvdrom mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0: Invalid argument You have a typo in your mount command. The correct one would be; mount_-t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /media/dvdrom Thank You, Michael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
