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Johnm:
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Is the Supermicro AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 compatible with ESXi 5
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Unknown. No one has confirmed if it is.
delctrl:
--- Quote from: Johnm on August 02, 2012, 10:15:59 AM ---Unknown. No one has confirmed if it is.
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Thank you for your quick reply! Really appreciated!
We are thinking about it.... Maybe we could be the guinea pigs :P
Johnm:
in another thread someone asked about the performance of the new Seagate ST3000DM001 3TB drives. I decided to run a speed report to on the unraid VM.
Since it is relevant to this thread also and other might be interested... I copied the results here.
The script missed my raided Cache drive since I configured it as IDE in ESXi. It should be around 400MB/sec
--- Quote from: Johnm on August 05, 2012, 09:53:43 AM ---I ran a speed report for Goliath (virtual server on atlas)
It is a mix of Hitachi LP's and Seagate ST3000DM001's
the ST3000DM001 reports as a 9YN166
sdb = 9.72 MB/sec usb-Lexar_JD_FireFly
sdc = 186.09 MB/sec 9YN166
sdd = 119.20 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sde = 166.84 MB/sec 9YN166
sdf = 114.72 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdg = 175.19 MB/sec 9YN166
sdh = 112.25 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdi = 122.82 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdj = 125.28 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdk = 104.36 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdl = 118.08 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdm = 114.54 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdn = 111.43 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdo = 112.96 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdp = 118.56 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdq = 119.82 MB/sec Hitachi_HDS5C3030ALA630
sdr = 166.07 MB/sec 9YN166
sds = 169.03 MB/sec 9YN166 (Parity)
sdt = 152.24 MB/sec 9YN166
as you can see there s a big performance boost in the seagate over the Hitachi. about 50MB/sec difference.
then again. the Hitachi is a 5400 RPM 5 platter beast and the Seagate is is a 7200 RPM 3 platter high density monster. hard to compare fairly.
keep in mind, this is raw disk performance on the live server with other things using the server. this is not what you will get over the wire and this is without parity overhead...
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Spritzup:
Hey Johnm,
Thanks for the great write up, it was very helpful in getting my server off the ground. A couple of questions -->
1. I ran into an issue where one of my MV8 appeared to have a interrupt conflict with something (NIC's would be my best bet). I had the card in the second PCIe 8x slot (second closest to the CPU). I could have resolved it either through disabling HPET, or simply moving the card. I chose to move the card, but both methods were tested and working. Did you run into this issue, or have you seen this before?
2. I put my unRaid image onto the SSD. I was just wondering if their was any way to hide it from showing up in unRaid's disk selection?
Thanks again!
EDIT - I'm also seeing "Aug 5 17:53:28 Athena vmsvc[1792]: [ warning] [vmsvc] Error in the RPC receive loop: RpcIn: Unable to send. (Errors)" which are coinciding with losing connection to a share. Any thoughts?
EDIT #2 - I think I've tracked it down to the modded driver for the 82579lm causing issue's... trying a fresh install and we'll see how it goes.
EDIT #3 - Yup, looks like that was the issue. So long 82579lm, maybe one day we'll have a stable drive for you :)
dikkiedirk:
--- Quote from: Johnm on August 16, 2011, 04:38:57 PM ---
In the advanced tab: PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration
Set PCI ROM Priority to "EFI Compatible ROM"
(NOTE: for Ver 2.0a BIOS this is replaced with "Disable OPROM for slots 7&6" set them to "Disabled")
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This screen looks like the attachment on my system after upgrading to BIOS 2.0a.
I don't see Disable OPROM for slots 7&6. Or do you mean the PCI-E Slot 4,6 or 7 OPROM lines? They only show-op when there actually is a card in the respective slot. Slots 6 and 7 hold a M1015 and 4 an ARC1200 in my case. I think 6 and 7 are PCI-E x8 slots, am I right?
What are the recommended settings on this screen?
Can you give me pointers how to install the ARC1200 driver in ESXi 5? Can I just drop the .vib on a datastore and use excli to install it?
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