Recommended HBA for ZFS, contemporary

[Ben RUBSON]

Thank you Rich.

I saw that the LSI 3008 can be put in IT mode, as with the well known 2008.
Firmware & drivers seem to be well maintained, with a P13 release last month.
2 good points.

However I did not found much much user feedback on it, nor recommandations.
There should be no surprise compared to the 2008, but we never know...

Ben

> On 19 Oct 2016, at 08:24, Rich <rincebrain at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> AFAIK, the only two vendors in the space with 12Gb HBAs are PMC-Sierra and
> LSI/Avago.
> 
> I can attest that the LSI 12Gb HBAs generally work as intended, though I
> can't attest to that specifically on FreeBSD.
> 
> When I last looked at this, PMC's 12Gb HBAs weren't out yet, so I have no
> personal anecdata for you.
> 
> - Rich
> 
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 2:20 AM, Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Any feedback ?
>> 
>> Many thanks !
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 13 Oct 2016, at 10:53, Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> What would you recommend for those who want a 12Gb/s SAS HBA ?
>>> LSI 3008 ?
>>> As reliable as LSI 2008 ?
>>> 
>>> Thank you !
>>> 
>>> Ben
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 22 Aug 2016, at 18:14, InterNetX - Juergen Gotteswinter <
>> juergen.gotteswinter at internetx.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> LSI SAS 2008 Based HBA, there are dozens of OEM available for Budget
>> Prices
>>>> With the IT firmware.
>>>> 
>>>> Am 22.08.2016 um 18:08 schrieb Dmitry Morozovsky:
>>>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>>> 
>>>>> what is the list of preferred disk controllers to build storage
>> server, say
>>>>> 12-24 amd more 3.5" disks?  Not too much IOPS are expected, and some
>> could be
>>>>> mitigated with L2ARC with only metadata cached, I suppose.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Two usage schemes are file server for big files (mostly cold storage)
>> and
>>>>> backup/surveillance server (constant stream writes, occasional random
>> reads)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any hints? Thanks!