Restoring an INOPERABLE 3Ware unit I’ve been using a 3Ware 9550SX-8LP since 2006. Over the weekend, I encountered the first problem with it. It became inoperable. That’s an overstatement, but the problem was easily fixed. After a reboot to upgrade the kernel, Nagios alerted me to a problem. I checked via the command line and …
3Ware – Manage your RAID arrays via http 3Ware provide a good CLI to their products. I wrote about that a couple of weeks ago. They also provide a very nice web interface, available as the sysutils/3dm port. A recent discussion on the FreeBSD AMD64 mailing list brought this to my attention. I had used …
Dual Opteron – better SATA cables for the Raptors When you need cables, you often need them right now. Fast shipping is great. Overnight is fantastic. It’s even better when the vendor calls back and offers you a slightly more expensive cable, for the same price, because the one you asked for is out of …
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NetSaint plugin for 3Ware RAID card I recently set up a RAID10 array on a 9550SX-8LP controller donated by 3Ware. RAID is not a panacea, solve all your problems, I can ignore the machine, backups are no longer required, solution. You must monitor your RAID array[s] just like any other service on your machine. I’ve …
CLI for 3Ware 9550SX-8LP This article shows you how I accessed my 3Ware 9550SX-8LP controller from a command line interface. You can perform RAID maintenance from within the 3Ware BIOS, but the CLI allows you to do this while the system is up and running. This is useful for monitoring the system. I also plan …
Dual Opteron – Raptor Installation Yesterday I finished installing 8 Raptor drives into the Dual Opteron box and set up a RAID-10 array with two hot spares. The process began on Tuesday night when I found I could not sleep. What else does one do when sleepless? Install drives into cages. I crept down into …
More dual opteron images In original story about the dual opteron I was recently given by iXsystems, I included a link to photos of various sizes. I have since found this to be inadequete when trying to point out various features of the chassis. This new post article will correct that by including some thumbnail …
Dual Opteron Server – the drives In a recent article, I described a dual opteron that I was setting up. I am now in the process of setting up the storage system for this baby. It is already decked out for SATA drives, so that is what I am going to use. This article deals …
Dual Opteron server I am fortunate to have in my possession, a Dual Opteron 246 server, in a 2U case, with 8GB of RAM, and 400GB of SATA drive. I have installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE on it and I am in the process of upgrading it to 6.1-STABLE. No, I did not have a sudden influx …