From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 21:00:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0EE01065672 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:00:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52AD08FC20 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:00:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from crab.unsane.co.uk (crab.unsane.co.uk [10.0.0.111]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m52Kxbii060515 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:59:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <48445F45.70604@unsane.co.uk> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:59:49 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080507) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kalin m References: <4844293F.7020507@el.net> <484438B1.5020202@unsane.co.uk> <484441D8.8050207@el.net> In-Reply-To: <484441D8.8050207@el.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfi freebsd7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:00:25 -0000 kalin m wrote: > megarc, right... read about it.. here: > > # megarc -AllAdpInfo help > usage : > cmd -AllAdpInfo > : prints info of all cards > > > ..... ok ..... > > # megarc -AllAdpInfo > > ********************************************************************** > MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration > Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA > ********************************************************************** > [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify > Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] > > Type ? as command line arg for help > > No Adapters Found > Error: No MegaRaid Found > > > ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? > the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. > Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne > > thanks... > > > > > > Vince Hoffman wrote: >> kalin m wrote: >>> hi all... >>> >>> a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at >>> the dmesg i see: >>> >>> mfi0: port 0xec00-0xecff mem >>> 0xfc480000-0xfc4bffff,0xfc440000-0xfc47ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 >>> mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 >>> >>> for df i get: >>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on >>> /dev/mfid0s1a 496M 197M 259M 43% / >>> devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev >>> /dev/mfid0s1e 496M 12K 456M 0% /tmp >>> /dev/mfid0s1f 661G 636M 608G 0% /usr >>> /dev/mfid0s1d 8.7G 1.4M 8.0G 0% /var >>> >>> >>> i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi >>> driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. >>> >> >> you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly >> sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate >> your array. >> >> Vince >> >>> i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production >>> servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? >>> is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? >>> any performance loss in RAID1 at all? >>> >>> >>> thanks... >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"