Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:38:45 +0200 From: Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson@gmail.com> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Avago LSI SAS 3008 & Intel SSD Timeouts Message-ID: <2788DFF9-4F23-43AB-8A80-25A14A7BBE6F@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2f8e4a03-8a1f-ead5-3886-75639ab7a68f@mindpackstudios.com> References: <30c04d8b-80cb-c637-26dc-97caebad3acb@mindpackstudios.com> <b30f968c-cc41-f7de-5a54-35bed961e65a@multiplay.co.uk> <08C01646-9AF3-4E89-A545-C051A284E039@sarenet.es> <986e03a7-5dc8-f5e0-5a17-4bf49459f905@mindpackstudios.com> <2823D96D-881D-4D40-B610-FC8292FA2FC5@sarenet.es> <4072b65d-25d4-2a79-5911-573517b0ee57@mindpackstudios.com> <583dddc6-4614-9900-88f7-27347866d7aa@mindpackstudios.com> <331da785-c88b-d74e-512a-37bdb618d512@multiplay.co.uk> <d8c3284c-97aa-7ae0-48e2-2d6b3e5dcf39@mindpackstudios.com> <94380b81-fcd7-511c-bc35-b8c5459d2ea4@multiplay.co.uk> <99b3b075-3158-29aa-3a33-311594fb9270@mindpackstudios.com> <7e6e7b15-7500-01a5-006e-65a3131b5c17@multiplay.co.uk> <4C234AB2-80E5-49A3-B5BB-24F425AFF067@gwynne.id.au> <2f8e4a03-8a1f-ead5-3886-75639ab7a68f@mindpackstudios.com>
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> On 24 Oct 2016, at 20:39, list-news <list-news@mindpackstudios.com> = wrote: >=20 > I posted my findings to SuperMicro, and they quickly released a v12 = firmware for the SAS 3008 HBA, which as I understand is now publicly = available on their site. >=20 > The story is long, and painful, but in the end the answer is to = absolutely make sure you are running v12 firmware on the SAS 3008 cards. = If you are not running v12 (or later) firmware on the SAS 3008, your = data is unstable! (at least with intel drives, probably others as well) Thank you for this interesting feedback. We were talking about 3008 reliability vs 2008 a few days ago = @freebsd-fs. Reading your input, a best-practice would also be to use Avago cards = instead of rebranded ones, to benefit from last firmware versions. Ben
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