Re: Installing FREEBSD on HP ProLiant DL60 Gen9

Hi!

Using of gmirror is a legacy decision. I suggest you to study the documentation on ZFS. It provides many advantages, especially with larger drives (over 300GB).
In particular, ZFS provides quick system recovery when a sudden power-off (when fsck can run for a very long time).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS
https://blogs.oracle.com/roch/entry/when_to_and_not_to
http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/index.html
https://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool&sektion=8
http://xgu.ru/wiki/ZFS


Best Regards,
Dmitriy


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ivan Kurtev 
  To: Dmitriy Kulikov 
  Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 12:11 AM
  Subject: Re: Installing FREEBSD on HP ProLiant DL60 Gen9


  Hi Dmitry,


  Thank you very match for your urgent replay!


  it was very useful for me. I will use gmirror, instead of B140i to build my mirror


  Best Regards,


  Ivan Kurtev



  On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Dmitriy Kulikov <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hi!

    Buying the server with B140i controller is not good idea for installing FreeBSD.  But it's a "question of money".  ;-(
    The entire series controllers Bxxxi often has bugs and performance degradation in FreeBSD.
    As a workaround to install FreeBSD with the controller Bxxxi you can use following recommendation:
    ---------------------------------------------
    Turn off the software RAID in BIOS, and it should work fine.

    To disable the Bxxxi RAID, do this:

    On Boot press F9 and enter the Setup

    System Options
       SATA Controller Options
           Embedded SATA Configuration : Enable SATA Legacy Support

       HP Dynamic Smart Array Bxxxi RAID Controller : Disabled

    PCI Device Enable/Disable

       Intel(R) SATA Controller #1 : Enabled
       Intel(R) SATA Controller #2 : Enabled
       HP Dynamic Smart Array Accelerator Manager : Disabled

    ---------------------------------------------
    Network controller 361T should be fine.
    Integrated network controllers of HP are working well too.

    I just installed FreeBSD 10.2 on DL360 Gen9 server (K8N32A) with integated network adapter, H240ar HBA disk controller and 2 HDD.
    https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/hp-gen9-arrays-support.52588/#post-306304
    http://forum.lissyara.su/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=43285&p=375871#p375871
    It was difficult because HP is not interested in collaboration with FreeBSD. But in general I guess that buying a server K8N32A is very cost-effective for medium projects.
    I used root on ZFS-sripe - it is a good modern solution.



    Best Regards,
    Dmitriy




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    ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivan Kurtev" <[email protected]>
    To: <[email protected]>
    Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:47 PM
    Subject: Installing FREEBSD on HP ProLiant DL60 Gen9



      Hi All,

      Is it possible to install FREEBSD 10  on following server:

      HP ProLiant DL60 Gen9

      Storage Controller->HPE Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller

      Network Card->HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 361T Adapter

      Thank You for your attention!

      Best Regards,

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