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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One other thing… the IBM M1015 ServeRAID card can often be had cheaply, and although it is a RAID card, you can apparently flash the generic IT-mode LSI firmware onto it, turning it into a regular HBA.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>See </span><a href="http://www.servethehome.com/ibm-serveraid-m1015-75-dollars/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://www.servethehome.com/ibm-serveraid-m1015-75-dollars/</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-Adam Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> athompso@athompso.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> (204) 291-7950 - direct<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> (204) 489-6515 - fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin McGregor<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 20, 2013 1:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> Adam Thompson; Continuation of Round Table discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RndTbl] Linux 4K drive formatting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Well, I upgraded to 12.04 and of course there's no change since the LSI SAS1068E controller doesn't support drives larger than 2 TB. Sigh.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone recommend a 2- or 4-port PCIe non-RAID controller that works under Linux, supports large drives and is affordable?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kevin<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Kevin McGregor <<a href="mailto:kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com" target="_blank">kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>In dmesg, it shows<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[ 11.317498] scsi 6:0:1:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A 0A80 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[ 11.319897] sd 6:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[ 11.323370] sd 6:0:1:0: [sdc] 4294967294 512-byte logical blocks: (2.19 TB/1.99 TiB)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[ 11.325746] scsi 6:0:2:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A 0A80 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[ 11.328162] sd 6:0:2:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[ 11.330410] sd 6:0:2:0: [sdd] 4294967294 512-byte logical blocks: (2.19 TB/1.99 TiB)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In /proc/partitions:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 8 32 <a href="tel:2147483647" target="_blank">2147483647</a> sdc<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 8 48 <a href="tel:2147483647" target="_blank">2147483647</a> sdd<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Using parted:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>$ sudo parted /dev/sdc<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>GNU Parted 2.2<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Using /dev/sdc<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(parted) print<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Error: /dev/sdc: unrecognised disk label<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(parted) mklabel gpt<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(parted) print<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Model: ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A (scsi)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Disk /dev/sdc: 2199GB<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Partition Table: gpt<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Number Start End Size File system Name Flags<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It looks like the kernel is not recognizing the size correctly.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So... Upgrade to Ubuntu Precise 12.04 LTS?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net" target="_blank">athompso@athompso.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a name="13c58bd3c27cba1d_13c58447d9b05dd5_13c566"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oh… and if it’s not just an fdisk problem, you can contact WD support directly for RED drives only: </span></a><a href="http://support.wdc.com/contact/contact.asp?lang=en&ct=wdred" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://support.wdc.com/contact/contact.asp?lang=en&ct=wdred</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-Adam Thompson</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net" target="_blank">athompso@athompso.net</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="tel:%28204%29%20291-7950" target="_blank">(204) 291-7950</a> - direct</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="tel:%28204%29%20489-6515" target="_blank">(204) 489-6515</a> - fax</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca" target="_blank">roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca" target="_blank">roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin McGregor<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 19, 2013 5:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> Continuation of Round Table discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [RndTbl] Linux 4K drive formatting</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>So... I picked up my lovely new WD Red 3 TB drives today and installed them in my home server.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Now what? :-) Specifically, I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS (2.6.32-45-server #102-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 2 22:53:00 UTC 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux), and I'm wondering if I should upgrade to Precise before I do anything with the drives, or use them as-is. I know I should align the partitions at (at least) 4 KB boundaries, and 10.04 by default uses 1 MB alignment, so I should be okay there.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Should I worry that the drive reports<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>fdisk -l /dev/sdc<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Disk /dev/sdc: 2199.0 GB, 2199023254528 bytes<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 267349 cylinders<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>...instead of 3 TB, and thinks the sector and I/O size is 512 bytes?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Advice, please!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Kevin<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Roundtable mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Roundtable@muug.mb.ca" target="_blank">Roundtable@muug.mb.ca</a><br><a href="http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable" target="_blank">http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>