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Thread: Xen, grub and suggestions for a hardware RAID?
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| Re: Xen, grub and suggestions for a
hardware RAID? |
 
United Kingdom |
2007-02-14 07:23:57 |
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Johan Ihren wrote:
> Stephen Borrill wrote:
>
>> I've been using 8506S and 9500S for a while with no
problems, plus you can
>> use the FreeBSD tw_cli command line utility to
manage them. The UK 3ware
>> disti is telling us that 9500 series cards are on
their way out and they
>> don't hold stock. They were pushing the 9550
instead (and a PCI-Express
>> version which didn't look to be supported ATM)
which is less flexible about
>> what PCI slots it will fit in. Both 9500 and 9550
are supported bye twa).
>
> Aha. So you're using the tw_cli utility from inside
NetBSD, under emulation?
> If that works, great... much more convenient than
having to exit to BIOS.
> Like having most of the benefits of RAIDframe in
combination with the
> benefits of a h/w RAID. I'll probably try a 9550SX next
time.
Yes, this is on 3.1_STABLE with the FreeBSD emulation
package (thanks to
manu for getting tw_cli working and getting it pulled up to
3.1).
Here's an example:
backup 1# tw_cli info c0
Unit UnitType Status %Cmpl Stripe Size(GB)
Cache AVerify
IgnECC
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------
u0 RAID-5 OK - 64K 1490.44 ON
- -
Port Status Unit Size Blocks
Serial
------------------------------------------------------------
---
p0 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF05WJZ
p1 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF062XS
p2 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF05NEK
p3 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF01FL9
p4 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF05TF3
p5 OK - 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF05TC6
p6 NOT-PRESENT - - - -
p7 NOT-PRESENT - - - -
--
Stephen
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| Re: Xen, grub and suggestions for a
hardware RAID? |
United Kingdom |
2007-02-14 07:08:09 |
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:55:50PM +0100, Johan Ihren
wrote:
> But I need to be notified if a disk fails, etc. This
box will sit in
> a remote facility and w/o status notifications there is
zero
> opportunity for me to know if there are issues with the
RAID. Am I
> missing something obvious here?
You should as far as I know at least get a kernel message if
something
goes wrong with the RAID. My RAID controller reports the
status of
the RAID in the kernel messages:
ld0 at icp0 unit 0: <PD_A000>, type: RAID-1, status:
optimal <---
And if I remember correctly I got another kernel message
when something
went wrong with it (the original firmware apperently had
trouble with
disks >128GB).
Kind regards
--
Matthias Scheler http://zhadum.org.uk/
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| Re: Xen, grub and suggestions for a
hardware RAID? |
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2007-02-14 07:23:57 |
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Johan Ihren wrote:
> Stephen Borrill wrote:
>
>> I've been using 8506S and 9500S for a while with no
problems, plus you can
>> use the FreeBSD tw_cli command line utility to
manage them. The UK 3ware
>> disti is telling us that 9500 series cards are on
their way out and they
>> don't hold stock. They were pushing the 9550
instead (and a PCI-Express
>> version which didn't look to be supported ATM)
which is less flexible about
>> what PCI slots it will fit in. Both 9500 and 9550
are supported bye twa).
>
> Aha. So you're using the tw_cli utility from inside
NetBSD, under emulation?
> If that works, great... much more convenient than
having to exit to BIOS.
> Like having most of the benefits of RAIDframe in
combination with the
> benefits of a h/w RAID. I'll probably try a 9550SX next
time.
Yes, this is on 3.1_STABLE with the FreeBSD emulation
package (thanks to
manu for getting tw_cli working and getting it pulled up to
3.1).
Here's an example:
backup 1# tw_cli info c0
Unit UnitType Status %Cmpl Stripe Size(GB)
Cache AVerify
IgnECC
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------
u0 RAID-5 OK - 64K 1490.44 ON
- -
Port Status Unit Size Blocks
Serial
------------------------------------------------------------
---
p0 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF05WJZ
p1 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF062XS
p2 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF05NEK
p3 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF01FL9
p4 OK u0 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF05TF3
p5 OK - 372.61 GB 781422768
3NF05TC6
p6 NOT-PRESENT - - - -
p7 NOT-PRESENT - - - -
--
Stephen
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| Re: Xen, grub and suggestions for a
hardware RAID? |
 
Sweden |
2007-02-14 08:03:51 |
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On 14 Feb 2007, at 14:08, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:55:50PM +0100, Johan Ihren
wrote:
>> But I need to be notified if a disk fails, etc.
This box will sit in
>> a remote facility and w/o status notifications
there is zero
>> opportunity for me to know if there are issues with
the RAID. Am I
>> missing something obvious here?
>
> You should as far as I know at least get a kernel
message if something
> goes wrong with the RAID. My RAID controller reports
the status of
> the RAID in the kernel messages:
>
> ld0 at icp0 unit 0: <PD_A000>, type: RAID-1,
status: optimal <---
Yes, something like that is exactly what I'd expect. But
there is
complete silence from the Adaptec adapter even when I pull
disks,
reinsert them and in general try to trigger some reaction.
No, sorry, "silence" is not true. There is an
acoustic alarm from the
RAID controller itself... but that really doesn't help me
much for a
remote system in a hosting facility 
> And if I remember correctly I got another kernel
message when
> something
> went wrong with it (the original firmware apperently
had trouble with
> disks >128GB).
Johan
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| Re: Xen, grub and suggestions for a
hardware RAID? |
Sweden |
2007-02-14 08:03:51 |
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On 14 Feb 2007, at 14:08, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:55:50PM +0100, Johan Ihren
wrote:
>> But I need to be notified if a disk fails, etc.
This box will sit in
>> a remote facility and w/o status notifications
there is zero
>> opportunity for me to know if there are issues with
the RAID. Am I
>> missing something obvious here?
>
> You should as far as I know at least get a kernel
message if something
> goes wrong with the RAID. My RAID controller reports
the status of
> the RAID in the kernel messages:
>
> ld0 at icp0 unit 0: <PD_A000>, type: RAID-1,
status: optimal <---
Yes, something like that is exactly what I'd expect. But
there is
complete silence from the Adaptec adapter even when I pull
disks,
reinsert them and in general try to trigger some reaction.
No, sorry, "silence" is not true. There is an
acoustic alarm from the
RAID controller itself... but that really doesn't help me
much for a
remote system in a hosting facility
> And if I remember correctly I got another kernel
message when
> something
> went wrong with it (the original firmware apperently
had trouble with
> disks >128GB).
Johan
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