<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the tip. I'll keep an eye out for a deal on those. Right now the cheapest one I could find on eBay is $96, from South Korea.<div><br></div><div style>In the meantime, I'm using the SATA 2 ports on the motherboard which has 4 ports and I only have 3 SATA drives right now. Not 6 Gbps, but it'll do for now.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Kevin</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Adam Thompson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net" target="_blank">athompso@athompso.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="13c597e30764fa4a__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.<u></u><u></u></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/" target="_blank"><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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div class="im"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">-Adam Thompson<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> <a href="tel:%28204%29%20291-7950" value="+12042917950" target="_blank">(204) 291-7950</a> - direct<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> <a href="tel:%28204%29%20489-6515" value="+12044896515" target="_blank">(204) 489-6515</a> - fax<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><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""> <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</span></p>
<div class="im"><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 20, 2013 1:20 PM<br></div><b>To:</b> Adam Thompson; Continuation of Round Table discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RndTbl] Linux 4K drive formatting<u></u><u></u><p></p></div>
</div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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?<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Kevin<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></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:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">In dmesg, it shows<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">[ 11.317498] scsi 6:0:1:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A 0A80 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
[ 11.319897] sd 6:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0<u></u><u></u></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)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">[ 11.325746] scsi 6:0:2:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A 0A80 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">[ 11.328162] sd 6:0:2:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0<u></u><u></u></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)<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
In /proc/partitions:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> 8 32 <a href="tel:2147483647" target="_blank">2147483647</a> sdc<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> 8 48 <a href="tel:2147483647" target="_blank">2147483647</a> sdd<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Using parted:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">$ sudo parted /dev/sdc<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
GNU Parted 2.2<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Using /dev/sdc<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">(parted) print<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Error: /dev/sdc: unrecognised disk label<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">(parted) mklabel gpt<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">(parted) print<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Model: ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A (scsi)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Disk /dev/sdc: 2199GB<u></u><u></u></p></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Partition Table: gpt<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It looks like the kernel is not recognizing the size correctly.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">So... Upgrade to Ubuntu Precise 12.04 LTS?<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></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:<u></u><u></u></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"><a name="13c597e30764fa4a_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><u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">-Adam Thompson</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><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><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><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""> <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><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">So... I picked up my lovely new WD Red 3 TB drives today and installed them in my home server.<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
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.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Should I worry that the drive reports<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">fdisk -l /dev/sdc<u></u><u></u></p></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Disk /dev/sdc: 2199.0 GB, 2199023254528 bytes<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 267349 cylinders<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">...instead of 3 TB, and thinks the sector and I/O size is 512 bytes?<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Advice, please!<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Kevin<u></u><u></u></p>
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