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From: Ben RUBSON In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 10:45:35 +0200 Cc: Kashyap Desai Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <3FA08344-3B0A-4564-BD42-090EEA83BCD6@gmx.com> To: Sreekanth Reddy , scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.100.0.2.22) X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:ryP4KwpFG1IfDkh4qFUBMuo9V+v4OCtZPmlt4bfPfTeOARs5cfc N3dTcKy1qkjQATKZhVNUbEgxe+TMF5F+bMgQigydmgyn2S3hbQiyHxJxXt9PaWP0Tpam0D5 DiMLq1K/Via5IAbrhc+egxHsXUyPTYqoJSra9bfXM7ohQnz7pLjXs3vljWqVKFcneDP2hDF v4ZI/kb+79So06ZKdb4cA== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:RdttS9I8CJM=:7j2thVAyRh84maTf7cZ1Zx 98rl/sGKQXoriZditpgT0YOc9m8SWUcvdVsafsHkaisFZeaLoXBOzkMHeydLDwDjxuoMTILL0 osxb3NSHUxr1SATPoHEFwXF/trZWrbIy3uheuS4blyezRioQg6kxEUAJvG+9V9LLWVgdJrUxG Z7PmDLpS22AbWPuUtlbM0KJPYz/+nkmpcf9ABqAinZJf9haVcK3wNMBK78RC2dU002v2+8545 jJNrrSls9Mw7jqAt5/9OVA4s4cwaOpoo9ya/QskmaP6Udkhxt9ge2Y79+XE+DUsvW6OAf8Vfv Pu/mMFj66yoRJUSJO9vGYe4dViLmawz8Vo2PRGbHC3BPYsA7R4ec1wNjQmoMbWK/Khhq0B+pg c958DYVux/Pa7YXJwisdRr8qnemHmeF5yxAnKHi+P398T1JsQoel9ECa9L8gVA5HrOiWvE9H4 XD5z6h2qJV0rLw+hGX6R4kOAnE2HVwQu5j/5HtIUBZBNN8iXqIFf8kMd+PXxfejdTsnZQGelr WyIOQ1AKI1RPhj+VWGXnDJ/WLlN94/BEdoxyeOC5UvAcZoWypftNdqkuPEZbs/1PBUTMf0Ssi voG6fDC0lltF0Mq0LmezqicX9rD29SvP4v2uVw1DW00ows/tteYmgKTI2x4FDgEDA7rdMuo4B bhIA65Kp3AOTu+OshzvE6Rss3Z5Fo8q/YIl9ttdSLaZche2M7VGb8cCo9vB2m5rsod73wvc9Z 9ROQNxMTEhcqhfSl+L3s/22Rklvp/2+sN42teQZFCGB7C0OIDPo2BZrI0C46+1rJQ4kztG9/U C0QrguTLJPOqJ890o3/Qz04l9lI6GY3iB7sVbo/wr7L0jTKX0A7z6z6piHW4PBhQo4PU/dBnk ZKaNTdhYXanTLnBRtkI21cd/tZQqpTKnffpnmg/GewN/CcmSNTiKvqYfvDvY9Hb82hU4v3V3H WHCfLeAYYN44g1YcQVCmAU4LcbfqSgQzkwv+PUpBa9iVh6AyQLkhN0/VzTjiywJpz9xcwwk7y E7A9ihXG0JIEEpgjqaLJnusMsO22nZ9YINoHX2sektM0pZHI4sRGL+7MU4ToQPE/K3ig5LclB r/TCUP1kdoOXCf1RgKYG6Z6/Xq4v0HAFMa7 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4FxGYv3tJ6z4bsb X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Hi Sreekanth, Glad to hear from you, pretty good news, many thanks ! Do you have any feedback regarding SAS3808/SAS3816 reliability with = FreeBSD ? Especially compared to the widely approved (let's say now in some kind = "bug-free") SAS2008/SAS3008. I think we're still scared about strange bugs which could corrupt data, = silent corruptions or anything like that... Thank you again for your support, Kind regards, Ben > On 4 Jun 2021, at 08:03, Sreekanth Reddy = wrote: >=20 > Hi Ben, >=20 > SAS3808 & SAS3816 HBA cards supported through mpr driver. Broadcom = supports FreeBSD OS driver (i.e. mpr) only through inbox driver and = hence users won't be able to find the out-of-box driver (that we used to = provide earlier) in the Broadcom's download site.=20 >=20 > Thanks, > Sreekanth >=20 > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 2:56 PM Ben RUBSON wrote: > > On 28 May 2021, at 14:47, Gary Palmer wrote: > >=20 > > On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 07:34:53AM +0200, Ben RUBSON wrote: > >> Hi, > >>=20 > >> Looking to buy SuperMicro SSG-540P-E1CTR36L, bringing a SAS3808 = based PCI-E 4.0 adapter. > >>=20 > >> Everyone knows SAS2008 (PCI-E 2.0) and SAS3008 (PCI-E 3.0) as = widely advised when working with ZFS. > >>=20 > >> But what about SAS 3808 ? I did not find much experience sharing, = especially about its FreeBSD support, and ZFS compatibility level. > >> As SAS3808 has twice the PCI bus bandwidth as the SAS3008, could be = useful with large JBODs. > >>=20 > >> Thank you very much ! > >>=20 > >> Kind regards, > >>=20 > >> Ben > >>=20 > >> //already posted at fs@, but scsi@ is certainly more relevant here, = sorry for double post > >=20 > > I don't see any driver for FreeBSD on the "HBA 9500-8i Tri-Mode = Storage > > Adapter" page on broadcom.com, which is a 3808 based card. "mpr" = man > > page in FreeBSD 12 doesn't mention support, neither does FreeBSD 13 > > but there is some code in the driver for the 3816. Not sure why = 3816 > > is mentioned but not 3808. > >=20 > > Regards, > >=20 > > Gary >=20 > Hi Gary, >=20 > Many thanks for your inputs and feedback. > There's at least a FreeBSD download available for this HBA, the = STORCLI utility, but no driver. > However the specifications, as well as the product brief PDF file, = mention FreeBSD support... >=20 > CC'ing Sreekanth & Kashyap from Broadcom, feel free if you have any = info ! >=20 > Trying to decide whether or not I build my whole new 3-nodes storage = infrastructure upon these PCI-E 4.0 adapters, or if I go with the = already widely approved SAS3008... >=20 > Thank you again ! >=20 > Kind regards, >=20 > Ben >=20