r730-03
This is the Dell R730 host known as r730-03. It replaces an earlier post. This new post was created after I added a new spare via Adding in a hot-spare for zfs on FreeBSD. gpart zpool list zpool status File systems dmesg sesutil show jls
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Adding in a hot-spare for zfs on FreeBSD
But first, there’s more Right after asking “Anyone running zfsd? Did you do anything in particular to configure it? I just added my first hot-spare to a zpool.”, ivy told me “noooooooo don’t use hot spares!! Keep a cold spare or at least an online device not attached to a pool. otherwise your zpool will randomly decide to attach its hot spare due to a temporary cabling issue or something like that. the
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Dell R730 – moving disks from front drive bay to PCI slots in r730-03
I’ve been seeing these types of errors for about 4 weeks now. I ordered a replacement drive. When it arrived, I realized I had no free drive bays. When a drive is still functional, I prefer to leave it in the host to retain zpool integrity. Instead, I will add the new drive in, run the zpool replace command, and when completed, remove the faulty drive. I decided to order more Icy Dock
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r730-03
This is the Dell R730 host known as r730-03. This post has been replaced by a newer post. It replaced an earlier post. This new post was created because I added two more 12T drives. gpart zpool list zpool status File systems dmesg sesutil show jls
r730-01
This is the Dell R730 host known as r730-01. For reference, the previous post on this server is still available. A few days ago, this host had a change in CPU and RAM. This is my primary developer server in my basement. gpart zpool list zpool status zfs list dmesg sesutil show jls
Using powerd++ to reduce power consumption on a Dell R730
Yesterday, I changed CPUs in my main server. That server builds packages, is the database server for dev, test, and stage freshports, amongst other things. It is a generalized server. In this post: FreeBSD 14.0 powerdxx-0.4.4_1 Dell R730 2x E5-2699 v3 CPUs As folks started reading my tweets, crest pointed out that powerd++ may help. SPKaniu also mentioned cycling down. Straight out of ports After installing powerd++, I tried running it: [0:31 r730-01
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Spreading thermal paste – replacing Dell R730 CPUs
On Sunday, I replaced the CPUs in r730-01 with something quite a bit more powerful. I have been thinking about doing this since before this September blog post: Can I really swap CPU and RAM between my Dell R730 servers? The answer was: Yes, I can. See also the next post: Using powerd++ to reduce power consumption on a Dell R730 In this post: FreeBSD 14 LibreNMS 24.1.0 2x E5-2650LV3 (old CPUs) 2x
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r730-03
This post has been replaced by a newer post. This is the Dell R730 host known as r730-03. It replaces an earlier post. This new post was created because I added two more 12T drives. gpart zpool list zpool status File systems dmesg sesutil show jls
Adding another pair of drives to a zpool mirror on FreeBSD
Today, I’m ready to adding two recently obtained 12T spinning disks to r730-03. This host is the work-horse which houses all the main backups and database regression testing. It also hosts my newly-created but not yet-functional graylog jail. I will be following a previous post about adding drives because I don’t want to remember these things. They occur infrequently enough that documenting it is a good idea. In this post: FreeBSD 14 The
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r720-02
I’ve been given a Dell PowerEdge 720, which will be known as r720-02. It sits in a datacenter in New York, New York, and acts as a FreshPorts node. For example, if you’ve ever accessed dev, test, or stage [.freshports.org], then you’ve accessed this host. Partitions zpools The zpools: Filesystems The filesystems: dmesg And dmesg: