What solution to choose for reliable use of zfs, jbod or Simple Volume?

[alexandr.l]

Good day to all.

Problem:
Installed all the disks (24 pieces of 14 TB each) in jbod, but the freenas does not see them.
I transferred the disks to Simple Volume, in the system they began to be displayed.
Questions:
I want to collect from them a pool of two vdevs of 11 disks (+ 2 hot spare). Will it be reliable?
Maybe then it is better to buy a new HBA?

Code:

My system
Version: FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE amd64
Server Supermicro 6016T-NTF 2*Xeon E5-2609 8 CPU Cores / 32696 MB RAM
RAID-controller Adaptec 580

 

[jgreco]

Neither. You cannot use the Adaptec controller. You also cannot use a RAID controller.

https://www.ixsystems.com/community...s-and-why-cant-i-use-a-raid-controller.81931/

You need to buy an HBA and crossflash it to a supported firmware. (Sorry!)

 

[alexandr.l]

Got it, very grateful

 

[alexandr.l]

Good day to all.
The only HBA I can use is the LSI 9211-8I SGL HBA 8i-ports (LSI00194)
But it is not in the list of supported devices
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.3R/hardware.html#disk
Can I use the LSI 9240-8I SGL RAID 0/1/10/5/50 8i-ports RAID controller (LSI00200) instead?

 

[jgreco]

Good day to all.
The only HBA I can use is the LSI 9211-8I SGL HBA 8i-ports (LSI00194)
But it is not in the list of supported devices
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.3R/hardware.html#disk
Can I use the LSI 9240-8I SGL RAID 0/1/10/5/50 8i-ports RAID controller (LSI00200) instead?

Why are you pulling up a list of compatible hardware for something that is not FreeNAS?

Use the FreeNAS recommended hardware guides. The LSI 9240-8i is theoretically usable if you crossflash it into a 9211-8i, but usually that's a more expensive option than crossflashing a vendor/OEM card. The link I posted above isn't incorrect.

 

[alexandr.l]

So I can use the LSI 9211-8I SGL HBA 8i-ports (LSI00194), right?

 

[jgreco]

Yes.

 

[alexandr.l]

Thanks