Re: Hardware RAID on Poweredge Servers

2023-03-31 Thread deich...@placebonol.com
On March 30, 2023 10:36:01 PM MDT, Kenneth Gober wrote: >On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 12:37 PM Kihaguru Gathura >wrote: > SNIP > >In general I prefer hardware RAID because it's more likely you'll be able >to easily boot your >system if the array is running in

Re: Hardware RAID on Poweredge Servers

2023-03-30 Thread Kihaguru Gathura
Thanks for the info. Regards, Kihaguru. On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 7:36 AM Kenneth Gober wrote: > On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 12:37 PM Kihaguru Gathura < > kihagurugath...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is hardware RAID on Poweredge servers (T340, PERC H330 in particular) >>

Re: Hardware RAID on Poweredge Servers

2023-03-30 Thread Kenneth Gober
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 12:37 PM Kihaguru Gathura wrote: > Is hardware RAID on Poweredge servers (T340, PERC H330 in particular) > generally stable enough for production or is it safer to stick with OpenBSD > softraid? > I haven't used the H330, but the PERC 5/i and the PERC

Re: Hardware RAID on Poweredge Servers

2023-03-30 Thread Hrvoje Popovski
On 30.3.2023. 18:33, Kihaguru Gathura wrote: > Hello, > > Is hardware RAID on Poweredge servers (T340, PERC H330 in particular) > generally stable enough for production or is it safer to stick with OpenBSD > softraid? > Hi, not sure if there is big differences between H330

Hardware RAID on Poweredge Servers

2023-03-30 Thread Kihaguru Gathura
Hello, Is hardware RAID on Poweredge servers (T340, PERC H330 in particular) generally stable enough for production or is it safer to stick with OpenBSD softraid? Regards, Kihaguru.

Re: Areca ARC-1213-4i or ARC-1223-8i using arc(4) for hardware RAID?

2012-04-14 Thread Richard Johnson
At 17:29 +0200 on 2012-04-14, Benny Lofgren wrote: > On 2012-04-12 22.23, Richard Johnson wrote: >> Is there any particular reason the ARC-1212-4i or ARC-1223-8i will not work >> with OpenBSD 5.1 and newer's arc(4) driver? (Will arc(4) deal with Areca's >> generically named RAID-on-chip (ROC), lis

Re: Areca ARC-1213-4i or ARC-1223-8i using arc(4) for hardware RAID?

2012-04-14 Thread Benny Lofgren
On 2012-04-12 22.23, Richard Johnson wrote: > We're looking at Areca ARC-1213-4i or ARC-1223-8i [1] cards for doing RAID > 5, 6 or 10 arrays. http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sas6g_internal.htm > > They're not listed on the OpenBSD-current man page for arc(4). They're > reported by some to be ess

Areca ARC-1213-4i or ARC-1223-8i using arc(4) for hardware RAID?

2012-04-12 Thread Richard Johnson
We're looking at Areca ARC-1213-4i or ARC-1223-8i [1] cards for doing RAID 5, 6 or 10 arrays. http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sas6g_internal.htm They're not listed on the OpenBSD-current man page for arc(4). They're reported by some to be essentially the same as the long-discontinued ARC-1210/12

Re: 3ware hardware raid support?

2008-09-17 Thread Ryan Corder
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 09:10:48AM +1000, Jonathan Gray wrote: | This sounds like the new firmware, but I can't see a dmesg | from you to figure out if this is the case for sure. arc0 at pci2 dev 14 function 0 "Areca ARC-1210" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 18 (irq 5) arc0: 4 ports, 256MB SDRAM, firmware V1

Re: 3ware hardware raid support?

2008-09-15 Thread Jonathan Gray
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:05:48PM -0700, Ryan Corder wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 09:41:42PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote: > | maybe by reading the bioctl manpage? your bioctl usage is completely > | off. way off. > | (ok, I give you a treaty: bioctl arc0) > > Fair enough, being a bad user is

Re: 3ware hardware raid support?

2008-09-15 Thread Ryan Corder
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 09:41:42PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote: | maybe by reading the bioctl manpage? your bioctl usage is completely | off. way off. | (ok, I give you a treaty: bioctl arc0) Fair enough, being a bad user is no excuse. This got my alarm reporting, but what is with the error?

Re: 3ware hardware raid support?

2008-09-15 Thread Henning Brauer
* Ryan Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-15 21:31]: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 03:12:29PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > AFAICS the arc-1210 comes with a fan. Is there an integration > > with sensorsd? > > Not as of 4.3. The only thing I get related to my ARC-1210 out of > sensors is: > >

Re: 3ware hardware raid support?

2008-09-15 Thread Ryan Corder
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 03:12:29PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > AFAICS the arc-1210 comes with a fan. Is there an integration > with sensorsd? Not as of 4.3. The only thing I get related to my ARC-1210 out of sensors is: hw.sensors.arc0.drive0=online (sd0), OK I would also like to help wit

3ware hardware raid support?

2008-09-11 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, Are the more recent 3ware raid controllers supported, e.g. the 3Ware 9650SE series? Its not mentioned on the compatibility list or in the current man page, but maybe (hopefully) it is out of date? Regards Harri

Re: Hardware RAID on Intel 82801 based mobo

2007-12-09 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2007/12/09 13:38, Manuel Ravasio wrote: > OpenBSD 4.2 installs correctly and detects all hardware, as long > as no RAID array is configured on the Intel 82801 controller. When > he tries to configure a "hardware" RAID array, OpenBSD can "see" > the array as wd0,

Hardware RAID on Intel 82801 based mobo

2007-12-09 Thread Manuel Ravasio
RAID array. OpenBSD 4.2 installs correctly and detects all hardware, as long as no RAID array is configured on the Intel 82801 controller. When he tries to configure a "hardware" RAID array, OpenBSD can "see" the array as wd0, but no configuration is possible as OpenBSD c

Re: Hardware RAID

2006-11-02 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/11/02 18:56, K Kadow wrote: > On 2006/11/02 13:36, Alexander Lind wrote: > >Also consider putting some extra cash down on a hw raid controller, and > >2 scsi disks for each machine, and run raid 1 on them, for even more > >failover safety. > > To this end, I'm considering adding a RAID con

Hardware RAID

2006-11-02 Thread K Kadow
On 2006/11/02 13:36, Alexander Lind wrote: Also consider putting some extra cash down on a hw raid controller, and 2 scsi disks for each machine, and run raid 1 on them, for even more failover safety. To this end, I'm considering adding a RAID controller to existing machines (Dell servers with

Re: Hardware RAID

2005-11-12 Thread Josh Tolley
On 11/10/05, Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are a number of examples and projects online. The Soekris > lists are a fountain of good information. Personally, I like the > flashdist project. > > http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris/ > > -- > Jason Dixon > DixonGroup Consulting >

Re: Hardware RAID

2005-11-11 Thread michael hamerski
Karl Kopp wrote: Hi Jason, Like yr idea - LOTS :) We may still use a disk for some logs, but if that goes, no big deal! Any idea how to mount a CF as a boot device? Quick search on Google didn't bring much back of interest. Is their a faq / how-to? Also, what kinds of CF adapters work - anything

Re: Hardware RAID

2005-11-11 Thread Henning Brauer
* Tobias Weingartner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-11-11 08:03]: > On Friday, November 11, Karl Kopp wrote: > > > > We are in the process of setting up a production OBSD box to do some (a > > lot!) of routing and I want to make sure I get as much redundancy as > > possible. We have failover everything

Re: Hardware RAID

2005-11-10 Thread Tobias Weingartner
On Friday, November 11, Karl Kopp wrote: > > We are in the process of setting up a production OBSD box to do some (a > lot!) of routing and I want to make sure I get as much redundancy as > possible. We have failover everything in the box, and we will use carp to > setup multiple boxes. If you us

Re: Hardware RAID

2005-11-10 Thread Jason Dixon
On Nov 10, 2005, at 9:56 PM, Karl Kopp wrote: Hi Jason, Like yr idea - LOTS :) We may still use a disk for some logs, but if that goes, no big deal! Any idea how to mount a CF as a boot device? Quick search on Google didn't bring much back of interest. Is their a faq / how- to? Also, what

Re: Hardware RAID

2005-11-10 Thread Karl Kopp
he process of setting up a production OBSD box to do some (a > > lot!) of routing and I want to make sure I get as much redundancy as > > possible. We have failover everything in the box, and we will use carp > to > > setup multiple boxes. In each, I want to do hardware RAID. In

Re: Hardware RAID

2005-11-10 Thread jason
> Hi All, > > We are in the process of setting up a production OBSD box to do some (a > lot!) of routing and I want to make sure I get as much redundancy as > possible. We have failover everything in the box, and we will use carp to > setup multiple boxes. In each, I want t

Re: Hardware RAID

2005-11-10 Thread Stuart Henderson
--On 11 November 2005 11:44 +1100, Karl Kopp wrote: as possible. We have failover everything in the box, and we will use carp to setup multiple boxes. In each, I want to do hardware RAID. Initially I bought the 3ware SATA RAID card, but its not supported. I then moved to an Adaptec 1210SA

Hardware RAID

2005-11-10 Thread Karl Kopp
Hi All, We are in the process of setting up a production OBSD box to do some (a lot!) of routing and I want to make sure I get as much redundancy as possible. We have failover everything in the box, and we will use carp to setup multiple boxes. In each, I want to do hardware RAID. Initially I

Re: Anyone tried this hardware raid solution?

2005-10-12 Thread Simon Slaytor
nt.php Regards Simon Jean-Daniel Beaubien wrote: Hi everyone, I am wondering if anyone tried this (http://www.allmediait.com/html/araid.html) hardware raid solution. It seems to only support PATA. Anyways I was just wondering if anyone had any experiences with this box. Anyone ever co

Re: Anyone tried this hardware raid solution?

2005-10-11 Thread J Moore
On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 08:24:11PM -0400, the unit calling itself Jean-Daniel Beaubien wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > I am wondering if anyone tried this > (http://www.allmediait.com/html/araid.html) hardware raid solution. It > seems to only support PATA. Anyways I was

Re: Anyone tried this hardware raid solution?

2005-10-11 Thread Richard P. Koett
Jean-Daniel Beaubien wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > I am wondering if anyone tried this > (http://www.allmediait.com/html/araid.html) hardware raid solution. > It seems to only support PATA. Anyways I was just wondering if > anyone had any experiences with this box. Anyon

Anyone tried this hardware raid solution?

2005-10-11 Thread Jean-Daniel Beaubien
Hi everyone, I am wondering if anyone tried this (http://www.allmediait.com/html/araid.html) hardware raid solution. It seems to only support PATA. Anyways I was just wondering if anyone had any experiences with this box. Anyone ever compared it to an Accusys 7500? On a side note