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Am 03.07.2013 00:42, schrieb Paul Hartman: |
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> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists@×××××.at> wrote: |
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>> Does anyone use that controller with gentoo? |
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>> If yes, which driver/module does support it? |
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>> I ordered one for a server and did not really check the facts ;-) |
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> Looks like it uses the LSI SAS2008 chipset (basically LSI controller |
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> with HP branding), so you should enable kernel module mpt2sas |
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> (CONFIG_SCSI_MPT2SAS) and probably some other SAS-related options will |
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> be required as well if you don't already use them. |
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> I actually just installed a card with this same chipset in my Gentoo |
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> machine yesterday! I have not attached disks to it yet, as I am |
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> waiting for the enclosure to be delivered, but so far nothing froze or |
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> burst into flames when the module loaded. :) I even upgraded the BIOS |
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> and firmware on the card from within linux and everything seems okay, |
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> so far. |
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Thanks a lot, Paul, for that feedback. Seems that you will be the first |
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to really test it, my box will arrive next week, I assume. This will be |
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an installation from scratch so no SAS-related stuff there already. |
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I wonder if it makes sense to attach the disks to that adapter as well? |
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This box will do amanda backups ... so there will be the amanda holding |
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disk and it is important to have maximum speed between that holding area |
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and the tape drive. I plan RAID1 on 2x2TB disks at least or maybe even |
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RAID0 (it's a rather temporary storage area so the redundancy isn't that |
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important). Testing will show! |
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Greets, Stefan |
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