ZFS RAID - Revision history

Lundman at 02:28, 6 July 2011

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	[[PicoLCD]]		[[PicoLCD]]



			=== ZFS Commands ===

			[[LRAID_cmds\|ZFS Commands]] Basic administration commands

Lundman at 00:35, 19 May 2011

2011-05-19T00:35:53Z

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	I picked the Supermicro MV8 card on auction. It is the older SATA-1 card. For just a little more, the AOC-SAT2-MV8 is probably just as good. I don't know if SATA-2 will give you any speed increase on the 32 bit PCI bus over all. But we will get numbers from both cards soon. If you want to get your own card, remember it has to be supported by OpenSolaris, and hot-swappable.		I picked the Supermicro MV8 card on auction. It is the older SATA-1 card. For just a little more, the AOC-SAT2-MV8 is probably just as good. I don't know if SATA-2 will give you any speed increase on the 32 bit PCI bus over all. But we will get numbers from both cards soon. If you want to get your own card, remember it has to be supported by OpenSolaris, and hot-swappable.

			=== Update ===

			I have replaced the Atom board, memory and Supermicro SATA card with a:

			ASUS E35M1-I NON-DELUXE

			This is an AMD Fusion dual-core 1.6ghz board, with 6 onboard SATA (AHCI working in Solaris!). DVI plug, 12 USB etc. Still a disappointing Realtek NIC though, when will they learn. But I can use the PCI slot for a better nic if it comes to that.


	=== Details ===		=== Details ===
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	If I were to guess the costs for the final product:		If I were to guess the costs for the final product:

	7,825 Atom D945GCLF2		<s> 7,825 Atom D945GCLF2 </s>
	5,000 dac-sata-mv8 Supermicro SATA 8 port		<s> 5,000 dac-sata-mv8 Supermicro SATA 8 port </s>
	2,880 memory Elixir M2Y2G64TU8HD5B-AC		<s> 2,880 memory Elixir M2Y2G64TU8HD5B-AC </s>
	1,800 usb stick (4GB random stick)		<s> 1,800 usb stick (4GB random stick) </s>
			15,000 ASUS E35M1-I NON-DELUXE
			7,800 Elixir 8GB 2x DDR3 sticks.
			9,000 21 GB SSD boot and slog.
	10,000 case CGN-S40X		10,000 case CGN-S40X
	8,400 LCD PicoLCD 256x64		8,400 LCD PicoLCD 256x64
	11,400 5in3 Century CWRS5-BK		11,400 5in3 Century CWRS5-BK
	------		------
	47,~~305~~ total.		61,600 total.

	~~I will sell you one for 57,000 yen.~~

	As you can see above, the USB stick for booting really isn't worth it. I spent a little more and got a cheap SSD. This now has 2 boot environments, plus stores the ZIL cache. Full speed, and full redundancy. It is very fast.		As you can see above, the USB stick for booting really isn't worth it. I spent a little more and got a cheap SSD. This now has 2 boot environments, plus stores the ZIL cache. Full speed, and full redundancy. It is very fast.

Lundman at 01:24, 21 April 2010

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	=== PicoLCD ===		=== PicoLCD ===

	~~To get the~~ PicoLCD ~~to work with Solaris, and ZFS we need '''/etc/lcd4linux.conf''' as well as the main '''lcd4linux''' binary. But before that will work we need to attach the '''ugen''' device to the USB node:~~		[[PicoLCD]]

	~~/usr/sbin/update_drv -a -i '"usb4d8,c002"' ugen~~

	~~I believe I had to make some minor porting changes for it to compile:~~

	~~# ./lcd4linux -v -F~~
	~~Version 0.10.2-SVN-796 starting~~
	~~[FIFO~~] ~~read 'Plugin:FIFO.fifopath', value is '/tmp/lcd4linux.fifo'~~
	~~picoLCDGraphic: $Rev: 840 $~~
	~~PICOLCD Graphic initialization~~
	~~picoLCDGraphic: scanning for picoLCD 256x64...~~
	~~picoLCDGraphic: found picoLCD on bus /dev/usb device 4d8.c002/0~~
	~~picoLCDGraphic: interface 0 already claimed by '0�G��'�~~
	~~picoLCDGraphic: attempting to detach driver...~~
	~~picoLCDGraphic: Manufacturer='ITUNER INC' Product='USB-LCD-256x64' SerialNumber='Ver.00.03'~~
	~~Setting contrast to 230~~
	~~Setting backlight to 1~~
	~~In drv_pLG_clear~~
	~~In drv_pLG_update_img~~
	~~In drv_pLG_update_img~~
	~~In drv_pLG_update_img~~
	~~In drv_pLG_update_img~~
	~~In drv_pLG_clear~~
	~~In drv_pLG_update_img~~
	~~picoLCDGraphic: using 1 GPI's and 8 GPO's~~
	~~initializing layout 'picoLCD'~~

Lundman at 00:21, 8 April 2010

2010-04-08T00:21:30Z

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	4 ''48W'' ''36W'' ''54W''		4 ''48W'' ''36W'' ''54W''
	5 ''51W'' ''37W'' ''58W''		5 ''51W'' ''37W'' ''58W''


			=== PicoLCD ===

			To get the PicoLCD to work with Solaris, and ZFS we need '''/etc/lcd4linux.conf''' as well as the main '''lcd4linux''' binary. But before that will work we need to attach the '''ugen''' device to the USB node:

			/usr/sbin/update_drv -a -i '"usb4d8,c002"' ugen

			I believe I had to make some minor porting changes for it to compile:

			# ./lcd4linux -v -F
			Version 0.10.2-SVN-796 starting
			[FIFO] read 'Plugin:FIFO.fifopath', value is '/tmp/lcd4linux.fifo'
			picoLCDGraphic: $Rev: 840 $
			PICOLCD Graphic initialization
			picoLCDGraphic: scanning for picoLCD 256x64...
			picoLCDGraphic: found picoLCD on bus /dev/usb device 4d8.c002/0
			picoLCDGraphic: interface 0 already claimed by '0�G��'�
			picoLCDGraphic: attempting to detach driver...
			picoLCDGraphic: Manufacturer='ITUNER INC' Product='USB-LCD-256x64' SerialNumber='Ver.00.03'
			Setting contrast to 230
			Setting backlight to 1
			In drv_pLG_clear
			In drv_pLG_update_img
			In drv_pLG_update_img
			In drv_pLG_update_img
			In drv_pLG_update_img
			In drv_pLG_clear
			In drv_pLG_update_img
			picoLCDGraphic: using 1 GPI's and 8 GPO's
			initializing layout 'picoLCD'

Lundman at 23:34, 4 April 2010

2010-04-04T23:34:53Z

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	=== Image Gallery ===		=== Image Gallery ===

	Image [http://www.lundman.net/gallery/v/lraid5/ gallery] is available.		* PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES*

			Image [http://www.lundman.net/gallery/v/lraid5/ gallery] is available.

			* PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES*

Lundman at 23:34, 4 April 2010

2010-04-04T23:34:16Z

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	5,000 dac-sata-mv8		5,000 dac-sata-mv8
	2,880 memory		2,880 memory
	1,800 usb stick		<s> 1,800 usb stick </s>
			9,800 32GB SSD

	The memory is actually rated at 800MHz, which is better than the Atom can use, so potentially it can be cheaper, but at such a small cost it does not seem relevant.		The memory is actually rated at 800MHz, which is better than the Atom can use, so potentially it can be cheaper, but at such a small cost it does not seem relevant.
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	I will sell you one for 57,000 yen.		I will sell you one for 57,000 yen.

			As you can see above, the USB stick for booting really isn't worth it. I spent a little more and got a cheap SSD. This now has 2 boot environments, plus stores the ZIL cache. Full speed, and full redundancy. It is very fast.

	Much more than I really had in mind. Possibly it can be made cheaper with bulk buy, registering as a company and all that. I purchased everything as a regular person using online shopping. It is getting close to commercial RAID/NAS prices (cheapest 5 HDD raid is around 90,000 or so) which is sad, at least they do not do native ZFS support yet.		Much more than I really had in mind. Possibly it can be made cheaper with bulk buy, registering as a company and all that. I purchased everything as a regular person using online shopping. It is getting close to commercial RAID/NAS prices (cheapest 5 HDD raid is around 90,000 or so) which is sad, at least they do not do native ZFS support yet.

Lundman at 00:43, 14 August 2009

2009-08-14T00:43:41Z

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	[[5in3]] research		[[5in3]] research


			=== Image Gallery ===

	Image [http://www.lundman.net/gallery/v/lraid5/ gallery] is available.		Image [http://www.lundman.net/gallery/v/lraid5/ gallery] is available.

Lundman at 00:40, 14 August 2009

2009-08-14T00:40:47Z

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	I picked the Supermicro MV8 card on auction. It is the older SATA-1 card. For just a little more, the AOC-SAT2-MV8 is probably just as good. I don't know if SATA-2 will give you any speed increase on the 32 bit PCI bus over all. But we will get numbers from both cards soon. If you want to get your own card, remember it has to be supported by OpenSolaris, and hot-swappable.		I picked the Supermicro MV8 card on auction. It is the older SATA-1 card. For just a little more, the AOC-SAT2-MV8 is probably just as good. I don't know if SATA-2 will give you any speed increase on the 32 bit PCI bus over all. But we will get numbers from both cards soon. If you want to get your own card, remember it has to be supported by OpenSolaris, and hot-swappable.

			=== Details ===

	[[sata_card]] research		[[sata_card]] research

Lundman at 04:06, 9 August 2009

2009-08-09T04:06:05Z

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	Disks used are Samsung HD103SI 1TB "Green" disks. Not powered on (but PSU active) it reads 0W. When the readings are fluctuation between two values (say 38 and 39) I took the highest value (39).		Disks used are Samsung HD103SI 1TB "Green" disks. Not powered on (but PSU active) it reads 0W. When the readings are fluctuation between two values (say 38 and 39) I took the highest value (39).

			''Values in italics are estimated from previous readings, and not tested at this time.''

	disks PowerOn Idle iozone		disks PowerOn Idle iozone
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	2 42W 34W 45W		2 42W 34W 45W
	3 ''45W'' ''35W'' ''49W''		3 ''45W'' ''35W'' ''49W''
	4		4 ''48W'' ''36W'' ''54W''
	5		5 ''51W'' ''37W'' ''58W''

Lundman at 04:04, 9 August 2009

2009-08-09T04:04:49Z

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	1 39W 33W 41W		1 39W 33W 41W
	2 42W 34W 45W		2 42W 34W 45W
	3 ''45W'' ''35W'' ''49W''		3 ''45W'' ''35W'' ''49W''
	4		4
	5		5