Re: how 'supported' are 3ware Escalade controllers?

From: Brian Reichert (reichert_at_numachi.com)
Date: 09/30/04

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    On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 05:20:54AM +0000, Brian Reichert wrote:
    > I'm speccing a budget RAID fileserver, and stumbled across some
    > interesting prospects.
    >

    [snip]

    > Can someone explicitly tie these references together? Is the 7506-8
    > going to cut it?

    So - I took the plunge, and have sucessfully spun up a 7506-8 under
    FreeBSD 5.2.1.

      # df /dev/twed0s1
      Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
      /dev/twed0s1 1324492798 444478178 774055198 36% /backups

    Eight drives under RAID5, hurray.

    I'm now exploring the misc management tools, with middling success,
    but I'd love some feedback on what other people have successfully
    gotten to fly:

    - I've spun up 3dm, but, for the life of me, can't get it to send
      me email. No errors, just silently doesn't do it. :/

    - I've installed the smartmontools-5.22_1 package, but get this
      sort of diagnostic:

        # smartctl -a -d 3ware,0 /dev/twe0
        smartctl version 5.22 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen
        Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
     
        Smartctl open device: /dev/twe0 failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
     
        # smartctl -a -d 3ware,0 /dev/da0
        smartctl version 5.22 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen
        Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
        
        smartmontools 5.22 does not currentlly support TWE devices (3ware Escalade)
        Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device)
        
        A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one
        or more '-T permissive' options.

      This seems rather contrary to the docs in the package...

    - This very thread I've replied to implies a 3dm2 out there, but I
      could find no reference on 3ware's site. Was this something I imagined?

    I suppose calling 3ware's support would be a next step for me... 

    -- 
Brian Reichert				<reichert@numachi.com>
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