hardware
- writing random data via geli
- Replacing a failing drive in a ZFS zpool
- The incoming replacement drive
- Duplicating a zpool
- Creating a 4 drive ZFS zpool: stripe over mirrors
- Dell R720 flashing Dell PERC H710 mini into IT mode
- PDU setttings
- laptop hits load averages: 407.41 128.53 49.18 during start up
- replacing an existing zroot with a proper zroot
- Spare fiber cards
- tape01
- knew
- zpool degraded – one drive missing from system
- Creating a drive-bay map
- slocum
- SATA: Avoid molded ATA adapters, instead, use crimped-on connectors
- R720
- CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
- Migrating all your iocage jails to a new host
- Migrating drives and the zpool from one host to another.
- My plan for moving the R710 into the R720
- Dell R720 – reducing power consumption
- Installing internal PCI Slot SSD drive enclosures in a Dell R720
- R720
- R720
- Preparing the Dell R720 for ZFS
- Updating firmware etc on a Dell R720
- 3Ware device degraded
- Replacing both drives in a zpool mirror
- new drives for zuul
- slocum – the new : assembly details
- slocum – the new
- Server build Saturday!
- Adding a zroot pool to an existing system
- slocum
- What runs on the servers at home?
- x8dtu
- knew
- zpool: FAULTED – too many errors
- using smartd to automatically run tests on your drives
- knew
- Ideas about moving the rack two floors down to the basement
- tape02
- Disconnect UNIFI switch – US-16-XG
- UAP-AC-PRO: setting the management VLAN on a Unifi AP
- Getting into the CLI for a Unifi switch
- R710
- R710 – getting the drives ready
- Converting a Dell R710 into a ZFS-based FreeBSD 11.1 tape library bacula-sd
- x8dtu
- Moving boot from one zpool to another
- knew
- Moving from zroot from one zpool to another
- knew
- Booting off the new 5TB drives
- After replacing 3TB drive with 5TB drive, FreeBSD 10.3 system did not reboot
- Swapping 5TB in, 3TB out
- slocum
- x8dtu
- r610
- Using device.hints to wire physical devices to specific names
- x8dtu
- Flashing an LSI SAS 9201-16i – correctly
- slocum
- Flashing an LSI SAS 9201-16i
- Moving from shelves to racks
- Using Bacula’s btape speed test on FreeBSD 10.2 and an LTO-4 tape drive
- knew
- Adding a failed HDD back into a ZFS mirror
- Added new drive when existing one gave errors, then zpool replace
- CAM status: ATA Status Error
- smartd: Device: /dev/ada0, 8 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors persists
- smartd: Device: /dev/ada0, 8 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
- Using a Dell TL4000 with Bacula’s bacula-sd on FreeBSD with ZFS
- tape01
- tape01
- Uncorrectable parity/CRC error
- tape01
- mfituil exploration
- tape01
- Oh! There’s my missing tape drive!
- tape01 – old server; new purpose
- CAM status: ATA Status Error READ_DMA48 Error 5, Retries exhausted
- Replacing a failed drive in ZFS on FreeBSD
- smartd: ATA error count increased from 0 to 1
- smartd: Device: 8 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
- varm
- New server build – the parts list
- slocum
- Please give me your LTO-4 or better tape library
- cuppy
- tallboy
- tallboy
- APC PDU AP7900 – resetting the password
- Connecting a M/M VGA cable to a KVM switch using a gender changer
- Adding two new drives (SSD) to an existing ZFS system
- slocum
- supernews
- Upgrade or replace?
- knew
- slocum
- ZFS: raidz2 with 8 or 10 disks?
- smartctl: FAILING_NOW
- The Bacula Tutorial jail server
- Oh oh, a sector problem
- same HDD, different server, +50% performance hit
- This harddrive is getting on in life
- Oops, I deleted my boot partition
- Automating that regression testing
- smartctl: Toshiba HDD serial numbers are only 9 characters
- Flashing IT firmware for LSI 9211-8i on FreeBSD
- HDD warranty checks
- The hardware is ready. What tests to run?
- Do you have a Seagate ST2000DM001?
- Benchmarking the Seagate ST2000DM001 – slower hardware
- Benchmarking the Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series DXM03B0Q – ZFS
- Benchmarking the Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series DXM03B0Q
- Benchmarking the TOSHIBA DT01ACA300
- Benchmarking the Seagate ST2000DM001
- Abandoning all reason and logic in pursuit of the perfect HDD
- Price / GB for 6 new HDD
- diskinfo tests
- New server dmesg
- Server/gateway status update
- How not to order RAM for your motherboard
- Delivery schedule
- Designing a new server, part IV
- Creating a new gateway box, part II
- Creating a new gateway box
- Designing a new server, part III
- Miscellaneous cables for the server
- Designing a new server, part II
- Designing a new server
- memtestosx
- ZFS benchmarking ideas
- SSD
- No scroll lock? use FN-C
- Rebate!
- More RAID oddness
- smartmontools – patch
- NewEgg – RMA
- Interesting hardware site
- ZFS – some initial testing
- mirroring the hard drive
- FreeBSD installed on the server
- Photos of initial assembly
- All shipments delivered!
- Shipments arriving this week
- The Final Order
- Wrong Ram Again!
- Server progress
- The new box – some purchases
- A full tower case
- The WesMorgan
- Supermicro
- Pricing the Athena
- RAID controller as an HBA
- How many SATA ports?
- Why no Drobo? Or SmartStor?
- What about an HP ML150?
- What HDD?
- The File Server (more detail)
- The File Server
- Big storage
- Quieter laptop
- The laptop is coming! The laptop is coming!
- Building an AMD Phenom box
- HDD? Which HDD?
- New box – addenda
- New box
- I am the DLT King