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From: Ben RUBSON In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 11:26:03 +0200 Cc: Sreekanth Reddy , Kashyap Desai Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <3FA08344-3B0A-4564-BD42-090EEA83BCD6@gmx.com> To: scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.100.0.2.22) X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:f3gEC/o15h1/bq4HaXO3+hO7bR+c8U/Vs+WpduFrorkHkJ1bv+Z r4hedV/Ld0nbGHkEsJq/oHblUA59g7w8oU46fkdEDkhiqAD91Em9Zihifz9p/Wz/u63KgsY jeWiRpgat52ogqhvsXYmLicTJox35KOx6G1dkpVWEi2hdy5fYI3p8O7dHHVqHywewPfbVbp uQCDsdoRc3LMMZJSfLVQg== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:9KUbiPVyRlk=:ZfuwYBeG1zEVt/F5rJN/oE lrlecwtdJ11V1MYttRJksBrLfSj/Uu1WiwUfMPt4NRn59I32ASl2XvGuzEoB9LJEIz/ghD2Ne UrSsWBNrVyAsYPdzARurvdWG4BCr1YXybKNRS92qzHac7wFXXnIfGJRf5N1P7m5yvpOp+qv/s dJ5bjz4UMDM8GmG+YxcZSLljBTsBWNjZc3it1XJQms4V53eFpqm/f3dXYJ50jHRw3BrSaLxE6 kIvsH4KtCiGOISMGU3wUbjALBBc85Arl5RjsQU9gXb6aRjQtDFnb1A7TrrIFbnNApXiHFUFfN r/99TD7zEQBX41xG/Ty+5UuNU0mLIZAcynHDVqb1qCHRiiY4OtAPLX8FQR20XGDi7FGcPIlYs twfNQ4Xb5QfU5xLYXLMz0H4UAbadHux7A915XDgzg5mDwzx3pJ76iF72GJcnU39AocbOZNt4t ANL3H5Ecqz9ips3flxYc39m/toFirFryh4GoBw1HeAD0Ckfxa3o2NpqDhHJGwUGNaIVdqbxK5 FlhGum1QfYvx6lxLZhHFAJjzWOO0Yf0x4/Z4XVy62tloNkRQPtovQEuIbMr+FvQqP1kxiPzbg eceFTk1GF6VPZZjphxPKuQqxoNlaMiaRWqqWfbL8bebFSuMQHIOQQi7zy4hwiL1Nb3VozFfGb ztBKoaebXVtd90EMuxRY4JYCSdcVzB5769YPsMOw2McUTsmlLroJjyQ6KfjYMe/igenxmpPBd caP4XpTd+WkMFEnGw1bDAIFKlE/3ElKksCdbv72S/LKHykrbZmeZivgrNHFH6tLL6EKId+RL1 Hzyc+bRPFFw5Sa19ijt2qBmSWxIUDIUeyhfL3GeOASMzDtSsVf+MFkcBKERrlsFy55PHyLbX8 IzriEqfZA8PNSWlpLumQXP46MTsVhgDbzzWJ3dyZNX6FBrLeiR1FHXsgOJevHXCMHctiaUQ6k ctxAL4a+hZWH1bnkGxYVC0nlzyT/0FuoCWJiPT9O764juKYIVLWmaaVInfslNAOCu0TkS/NED HHct+JbzR8ieQOaCM7eaG5VwruraWLc51eXdfWANhTAnyPzW1z3RoKudTNPBm61JuUUT/ZiIE GAaUH8LIZ+10tJvq7+HKtEblrqJMWIyQE6iH2GBF7zA/g0FWBPeQNB+Jr0yUvlDQ3cRlac81G DGpMqo+vsSCUv1k2FUyVSbRHoX8JAbPPm/awOEdfby8WnvxetTKBJ20vnr0e2IC71/v28= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4FtqfS0wNNz4TWH X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmx.net header.s=badeba3b8450 header.b=EIBdornu; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmx.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ben.rubson@gmx.com designates 212.227.17.21 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ben.rubson@gmx.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.50 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmx.com]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[212.227.17.21:from]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:212.227.17.0/27]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmx.net:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmx.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmx.com]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[212.227.17.21:from]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:212.227.0.0/16, country:DE]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmx.net:s=badeba3b8450]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[212.227.17.21:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[212.227.17.21:from]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[scsi] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N > 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 Hi Gary, 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... CC'ing Sreekanth & Kashyap from Broadcom, feel free if you have any info = ! 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... Thank you again ! Kind regards, Ben