Re: Dell PERC6?
On Jan 23, 2008 1:58 PM, John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 20 January 2008 09:50:36 am Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:35:21AM +0100, Ferdinand Goldmann wrote: > > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > >> You'd be best off with RELENG_7 and not 6.3, but yes, the controller > in > > >> question should work on RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_3. > > > > > > Very well, seems like I am going to give RELENG_7 a try then. > > > Thanks to everyone who replied! > > > > Another user just posted to -stable about problems with these Dell > > machines and PERC6. I'm not sure if you're subscribed to -stable or > > not, so here's the thread: > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-January/039791.html > > The problem folks are having are with using volumes greater than 1 TB. > The > BSD label cannot handle such large disks. Instead, if you are just using > the disk for data you can newfs /dev/mfid1 directly and use it as a > filesystem, or if you need to partition the disk you can use gpt(8) to do > so. If you need to boot from such a large disk you will need to use the > GPT boot code in HEAD (I will backport it to 6.x and 7.x soon). I've > successfully used it to boot on 2 TB mfi(4) volumes. Unfortunately > sysinstall doesn't support GPT at all, only the older MBR + BSD label > method. > > Note that this problem has nothing to do with mfi(4) at all, but it is a > limitation of the BSD label + MBR that applies to any volume >= 2 TB. > Hi John, It seems that the problem is exactly as you described as i was able to get everything working setting 2x146 disks as RAID1 and 4x146 as RAID5. Regards, Aldas ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell PERC6?
On Sunday 20 January 2008 09:50:36 am Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:35:21AM +0100, Ferdinand Goldmann wrote: > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > >> You'd be best off with RELENG_7 and not 6.3, but yes, the controller in > >> question should work on RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_3. > > > > Very well, seems like I am going to give RELENG_7 a try then. > > Thanks to everyone who replied! > > Another user just posted to -stable about problems with these Dell > machines and PERC6. I'm not sure if you're subscribed to -stable or > not, so here's the thread: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-January/039791.html The problem folks are having are with using volumes greater than 1 TB. The BSD label cannot handle such large disks. Instead, if you are just using the disk for data you can newfs /dev/mfid1 directly and use it as a filesystem, or if you need to partition the disk you can use gpt(8) to do so. If you need to boot from such a large disk you will need to use the GPT boot code in HEAD (I will backport it to 6.x and 7.x soon). I've successfully used it to boot on 2 TB mfi(4) volumes. Unfortunately sysinstall doesn't support GPT at all, only the older MBR + BSD label method. Note that this problem has nothing to do with mfi(4) at all, but it is a limitation of the BSD label + MBR that applies to any volume >= 2 TB. -- John Baldwin ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell PERC6?
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:35:21AM +0100, Ferdinand Goldmann wrote: > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> You'd be best off with RELENG_7 and not 6.3, but yes, the controller in >> question should work on RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_3. > > Very well, seems like I am going to give RELENG_7 a try then. > Thanks to everyone who replied! Another user just posted to -stable about problems with these Dell machines and PERC6. I'm not sure if you're subscribed to -stable or not, so here's the thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-January/039791.html -- | Jeremy Chadwickjdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell PERC6?
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: You'd be best off with RELENG_7 and not 6.3, but yes, the controller in question should work on RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_3. Very well, seems like I am going to give RELENG_7 a try then. Thanks to everyone who replied! -- >> Ferdinand Goldmann >> Johannes Kepler University Linz - Server Systems/ZID >> Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 00437024689398 Fax: 00437024689397 ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell PERC6?
Vlad GALU writes: | On 1/17/08, Ferdinand Goldmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Hi! | > | > I am in the process of buying new Dell hardware, mainly the 2950 III. | > According to various postings I found, the PERC6/i Controller _should_ work | > with FreeBSD 6.3. Does anyone successfully use a 2950 III with PERC6/i | > controller and can confirm this? | > | > Sorry if the question sounds stupid, but as I cannot find any references to | > the PERC6 in either documentation or source code I am a bit confused, and I | > wanted to make sure it works before shelling out my employers money. :-) | > | > Many thanks for any enlightenment on this subject, | > kind regards, | > Ferdinand | |Don't know if this is useful to you, but I'm using 7.0 on the same | Dell platform, and hence on the same controller, with very good | results. I think the mfi(4) manpage should be updated too :) It's been updated in -current. Yes, PERC6 support is in 6.3 & 7.0. Thanks for the prompt, Doug A. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell PERC6?
Ferdinand Goldmann wrote: Hi! I am in the process of buying new Dell hardware, mainly the 2950 III. According to various postings I found, the PERC6/i Controller _should_ work with FreeBSD 6.3. Does anyone successfully use a 2950 III with PERC6/i controller and can confirm this? Sorry if the question sounds stupid, but as I cannot find any references to the PERC6 in either documentation or source code I am a bit confused, and I wanted to make sure it works before shelling out my employers money. :-) Many thanks for any enlightenment on this subject, kind regards, Ferdinand Hi, I have just pulled a new one out of a the box and done a boot and partition test on it using 6.3-RC2 boot only CD. Seemed to work just fine. I haven't got any PERC6/i's in production at this stage so can really say about their stability/performance just that they appear to work just fine with the 10 minute test I just did. Tom ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell PERC6?
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:59:36PM +0100, Ferdinand Goldmann wrote: > I am in the process of buying new Dell hardware, mainly the 2950 III. > According to various postings I found, the PERC6/i Controller _should_ work > with FreeBSD 6.3. Does anyone successfully use a 2950 III with PERC6/i > controller and can confirm this? You'd be best off with RELENG_7 and not 6.3, but yes, the controller in question should work on RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_3. > Sorry if the question sounds stupid, but as I cannot find any references to > the PERC6 in either documentation or source code I am a bit confused, and I > wanted to make sure it works before shelling out my employers money. :-) There's been recent discussions on -stable about performance issues with mfi(4) under certain drive configuration conditions. Here's the thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-December/038755.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-January/039568.html See specifically these two posts: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-January/039574.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-January/039660.html -- | Jeremy Chadwickjdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell PERC6?
On 1/17/08, Ferdinand Goldmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I am in the process of buying new Dell hardware, mainly the 2950 III. > According to various postings I found, the PERC6/i Controller _should_ work > with FreeBSD 6.3. Does anyone successfully use a 2950 III with PERC6/i > controller and can confirm this? > > Sorry if the question sounds stupid, but as I cannot find any references to > the PERC6 in either documentation or source code I am a bit confused, and I > wanted to make sure it works before shelling out my employers money. :-) > > Many thanks for any enlightenment on this subject, > kind regards, > Ferdinand Don't know if this is useful to you, but I'm using 7.0 on the same Dell platform, and hence on the same controller, with very good results. I think the mfi(4) manpage should be updated too :) > -- > >> Ferdinand Goldmann > >> Johannes Kepler University Linz - Server Systems/ZID > >> Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 00437024689398 Fax: 00437024689397 > ___ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Mahnahmahnah! ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Dell PERC6?
Hi! I am in the process of buying new Dell hardware, mainly the 2950 III. According to various postings I found, the PERC6/i Controller _should_ work with FreeBSD 6.3. Does anyone successfully use a 2950 III with PERC6/i controller and can confirm this? Sorry if the question sounds stupid, but as I cannot find any references to the PERC6 in either documentation or source code I am a bit confused, and I wanted to make sure it works before shelling out my employers money. :-) Many thanks for any enlightenment on this subject, kind regards, Ferdinand -- >> Ferdinand Goldmann >> Johannes Kepler University Linz - Server Systems/ZID >> Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 00437024689398 Fax: 00437024689397 ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
