Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-10-28 Thread Kyle McDonald
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 8/7/2010 4:11 PM, Terry Hull wrote: > > It is just that lots of the PERC controllers do not do JBOD very well. I've > done it several times making a RAID 0 for each drive. Unfortunately, that > means the server has lots of RAID hardware that is

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-10-28 Thread Mariusz
Hi. I install solaris 10 x86 on PowerEdge R510 with PERC H700 without problem. 8HDD configured with RAID 6. Only question is how to monitor this controller? Do you have any tools which allow you to monitor this controller? Get HDD status. Thank you for help. PS. I know this is OpenSolaris not

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-09 Thread Geoff Nordli
>From: Edward Ned Harvey [mailto:sh...@nedharvey.com] >Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 4:25 AM > >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Nordli >> > >> >I have an R710... Not quite the same, but similar. >> > >> Thanks Edward. >> >> What did you end up using for the L2ARC? The SSDs shown

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-09 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Nordli > > > >I have an R710... Not quite the same, but similar. > > > Thanks Edward. > > What did you end up using for the L2ARC? The SSDs shown in the online > configurator are SLC b

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-08 Thread Geoff Nordli
>From: Edward Ned Harvey [mailto:sh...@nedharvey.com] >Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 8:34 PM > >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Nordli >> >> Anyone have any experience with a R510 with the PERC H200/H700 >> controller with ZFS? >> >> My perception is that Dell doesn't play well with O

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-08 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of valrh...@gmail.com > > 2. I'd also recommend avoiding the PERC cards, in particular since it > makes drives attached to it impossible to transport to another system. This is not true. You can

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-08 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Nordli > > Anyone have any experience with a R510 with the PERC H200/H700 > controller > with ZFS? > > My perception is that Dell doesn't play well with OpenSolaris. I have an R710...

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-08 Thread Lasse Osterild
On 08/08/2010, at 07.23, valrh...@gmail.com wrote: > 2. I'd also recommend avoiding the PERC cards, in particular since it makes > drives attached to it impossible to transport to another system. Instead, I > use the SAS 6i/R controller. That's built into the motherboard on the PW > T7500, and

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-07 Thread valrh...@gmail.com
I've been running OpenSolaris on my Dell Precision Workstation T7500 for 9 months, and it works great. It's my default desktop operating system, and I've had zero problems with hardware compatibility. I also have installed EON 0.600 on my Dell PowerEdge T410 (not so different from your R510). A

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-07 Thread Terry Hull
> From: Geoff Nordli > Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:11:37 -0700 > To: Terry Hull , > Subject: RE: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS [stuff deleted] > > Terry, you are right, the part that was really missing with the Dell was the > lack of spindles.

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-07 Thread Geoff Nordli
>-Original Message- >From: Terry Hull [mailto:t...@nrg-inc.com] >Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 1:12 PM > >> From: Geoff Nordli >> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 08:39:46 -0700 >> >>> From: Brian Hechinger [mailto:wo...@4amlunch.net] >>> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 8:10 AM >>> >>> On Sat, Au

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-07 Thread Terry Hull
> From: Geoff Nordli > Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 08:39:46 -0700 > To: > Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS > > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Brian Hechinger [mailto:wo...@4amlunch.net] >> Sent: Saturday, Augu

Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-07 Thread Geoff Nordli
>-Original Message- >From: Brian Hechinger [mailto:wo...@4amlunch.net] >Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 8:10 AM >To: Geoff Nordli >Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS > >On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 08:00:11AM -0700, Geoff Nordli wrot

[zfs-discuss] PowerEdge R510 with PERC H200/H700 with ZFS

2010-08-07 Thread Geoff Nordli
Anyone have any experience with a R510 with the PERC H200/H700 controller with ZFS? My perception is that Dell doesn't play well with OpenSolaris. Thanks, Geoff ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/m