Using a hard-disk in a Watchguard Firebox X750e for cache/log storage
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Hi Steve,
Indeed, the issue here was that I wanted to selectively enable DMA on the hard disk only.
No, I've not looked at the BIOS. With a current uptime of 50 days I'm loathed to reboot it to be honest. What BIOS settings are there?
Steve
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There are options for dma mode for primary master and slave separately. However those options were originally hidden and they are both set to UDMA disabled by default. Since udma still seems to be available maybe those options are not implemented. Easy test though.
Steve
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Now I followed the post (which is exactly what I wanted to do as well) but for whatever reason, I have two /var still mounted. I have rebooted it a couple of times to see if I can see where it occurs or why, but have not been able to figure it out. Any suggestions I can check as to why? Otherwise, it works perfectly. df -h is below:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ufs/pfsense0 442M 379M 28M 93% /
devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /dev
/dev/ufs/cf 49M 1.4M 44M 3% /cf
/dev/ad1s1a 36G 10k 33G 0% /var
/dev/md0 38M 90k 35M 0% /tmp
/dev/md1 57M 17M 35M 33% /var
devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /var/dhcpd/devThanks for any help!
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What does your modified rc.embedded look like?
You should see the various messages from the modified script in the boot log, are you seeing those? Are they correct?Steve
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The memory device /dev/md1 is still being created/mounted so as Stephen says you've got an issue with the startup script.
Steve
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No. I see now, that it is incorrect. I still have the original being mounted due to it. My question is, where specifically in the original rc.embedded do I change with the Steve's changes as there are other calls in the script that I am not sure are needed or not. Apologies, just new to the pfsense and Watchguard platforms so I am sure my questions are on the the dumber side…. The original rc.embedded is below:
rc.embedded - embedded system specific startup information
For pfSense
Size of /tmp
USE_MFS_TMP_SIZE=
/usr/bin/grep use_mfs_tmp_size /cf/conf/config.xml | /usr/bin/cut -f2 -d'>' | /usr/bin/cut -f1 -d'<'if [ ! -z ${USE_MFS_TMP_SIZE} ] && [ ${USE_MFS_TMP_SIZE} -gt 0 ]; then
tmpsize="${USE_MFS_TMP_SIZE}m"
else
tmpsize="40m"
fiSize of /var
USE_MFS_VAR_SIZE=
/usr/bin/grep use_mfs_var_size /cf/conf/config.xml | /usr/bin/ cut -f2 -d'>' | /usr/bin/cut -f1 -d'<'
if [ ! -z ${USE_MFS_VAR_SIZE} ] && [ ${USE_MFS_VAR_SIZE} -gt 0 ]; then
varsize="${USE_MFS_VAR_SIZE}m"
else
varsize="60m"
fiRun some initialization routines
[ -f /etc/rc.d/uzip ] && /etc/rc.d/uzip start
echo -n "Setting up memory disks…"
mdmfs -S -M -s ${tmpsize} md /tmp
mdmfs -S -M -s ${varsize} md /varCreate some needed directories
/bin/mkdir -p /var/db
Ensure vi's recover directory is present
/bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/vi.recover/
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Here is the complete patched /etc/rc.embedded.
#!/bin/sh # # rc.embedded - embedded system specific startup information # For pfSense # Size of /tmp USE_MFS_TMP_SIZE=`/usr/bin/grep use_mfs_tmp_size /cf/conf/config.xml | /usr/bin/cut -f2 -d'>' | /usr/bin/cut -f1 -d'<'` if [ ! -z ${USE_MFS_TMP_SIZE} ] && [ ${USE_MFS_TMP_SIZE} -gt 0 ]; then tmpsize="${USE_MFS_TMP_SIZE}m" else tmpsize="40m" fi # Size of /var USE_MFS_VAR_SIZE=`/usr/bin/grep use_mfs_var_size /cf/conf/config.xml | /usr/bin/cut -f2 -d'>' | /usr/bin/cut -f1 -d'<'` if [ ! -z ${USE_MFS_VAR_SIZE} ] && [ ${USE_MFS_VAR_SIZE} -gt 0 ]; then varsize="${USE_MFS_VAR_SIZE}m" else varsize="60m" fi # Run some initialization routines [ -f /etc/rc.d/uzip ] && /etc/rc.d/uzip start echo -n "Setting up memory disks..." mdmfs -S -M -s ${tmpsize} md /tmp # If a hard disk is installed then mount that on /var # otherwise use a ramdisk harddisk="/dev/ad1s1a" if [ -c $harddisk ] then echo -n "Using /var physical disk..." mount -o noatime $harddisk /var # Ensure /var/run is removed on boot before daemons are started # It should arguably be a tmpfs, but this works fine rm -r /var/run # sshd won't start if /var/empty exists on boot rm -r /var/empty else echo -n "Using /var memory disk..." mdmfs -S -M -s ${varsize} md /var # Create some needed directories /bin/mkdir -p /var/db # Ensure vi's recover directory is present /bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/vi.recover/ fi echo " done." -
Thank you so much Steve! Works perfectly. Thanks for your patience….
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only my result of a x5500e with a ide SSD from CWC :
/dev/ad1s1a
512 # sectorsize
57872344064 # mediasize in bytes (53G)
113031922 # mediasize in sectors
0 # stripesize
40448 # stripeoffset
112134 # Cylinders according to firmware.
16 # Heads according to firmware.
63 # Sectors according to firmware.
OW140822AS1514144 # Disk ident.Seek times:
Full stroke: 250 iter in 0.040570 sec = 0.162 msec
Half stroke: 250 iter in 0.037379 sec = 0.150 msec
Quarter stroke: 500 iter in 0.125276 sec = 0.251 msec
Short forward: 400 iter in 0.093555 sec = 0.234 msec
Short backward: 400 iter in 0.096201 sec = 0.241 msec
Seq outer: 2048 iter in 0.169674 sec = 0.083 msec
Seq inner: 2048 iter in 0.123082 sec = 0.060 msec
Transfer rates:
outside: 102400 kbytes in 1.124830 sec = 91036 kbytes/sec
middle: 102400 kbytes in 1.128009 sec = 90779 kbytes/sec
inside: 102400 kbytes in 1.125042 sec = 91019 kbytes/secseems that i don't have to tune anything.
I will make the same test with a x750e soon, will let you know if somebody is interrested :)
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What tool are you testing that with? Did you enable TRIM? Be interesting to see how those figures vary over time once you've moved a few gigs across the drive.
Steve
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hi,
i simply use this :
diskinfo -tv /dev/ad1
Trim … i did a try to enable it, but our server don't want it.
Don't remember the problem or the error, sorry. -
Good to see how quick this can run. If my ISP increases speed x5 I may have to get an SSD!
Steve
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Having updated to 2.2 the support for my hard-drive now appears rather worse.
The atacontrol utility which did exactly what I needed has been superseded by camcontrol. This reports that the disk is in polled mode.
$ camcontrol negotiate /dev/ada1 -v Current parameters: (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): ATA mode: PIO4 (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): ATAPI packet length: 0 (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): PIO transaction length: 8192 (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): tagged queueing: disabled ata0: SIM/HBA version: 1 ata0: supports SDTR message ata0: scan bus sequentially ata0: HBA engine count: 0 ata0: maximum target: 1 ata0: maximum LUN: 0 ata0: highest path ID in subsystem: 0 ata0: initiator ID: 0 ata0: SIM vendor: FreeBSD ata0: HBA vendor: ATA ata0: HBA vendor ID: 0x8086 ata0: HBA device ID: 0x266f ata0: HBA subvendor ID: 0x8086 ata0: HBA subdevice ID: 0x266f ata0: bus ID: 0 ata0: base transfer speed: 3.300MB/sec ata0: maximum transfer size: 131072 bytesI should be able to set the disk to UDMA33 mode however, this is what I get.
$ camcontrol negotiate /dev/ada1 -v -U -M UDMA33 -a User parameters: (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): ATA mode: UDMA2 (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): ATAPI packet length: 0 (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): PIO transaction length: 131072 (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): tagged queueing: enabled ata0: SIM/HBA version: 1 ata0: supports SDTR message ata0: scan bus sequentially ata0: HBA engine count: 0 ata0: maximum target: 1 ata0: maximum LUN: 0 ata0: highest path ID in subsystem: 0 ata0: initiator ID: 0 ata0: SIM vendor: FreeBSD ata0: HBA vendor: ATA ata0: HBA vendor ID: 0x8086 ata0: HBA device ID: 0x266f ata0: HBA subvendor ID: 0x8086 ata0: HBA subdevice ID: 0x266f ata0: bus ID: 0 ata0: base transfer speed: 3.300MB/sec ata0: maximum transfer size: 131072 bytes Unit is not ready (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 (pass1:ata0:0:1:0): CAM status: CCB request was invalid Test Unit Ready failedI've tried all manner of variations. Any ideas to get camcontrol to do what a simple
atacontrol mode ad1 UDMA6would do before?
Thanks,
Steve
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Haven't you alread set ata0 to PIO4 only though?
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Hi Stephen,
This is what I'm trying to get my head round at the moment, reading the FreeBSD documentation to better understand the nomenclature.
If I boot without specifying
hint.ata.0.mode=PIO4I see the following on the console
ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <sandisk sdcfh-004g="" hdx="" 6.02=""> CFA-0 device ada0: Serial Number ABZ042211193008 ada0: 66.700MB/s transfers (UDMA4, PIO 512bytes) ada0: 3815MB (7813120 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 7751C) ada0: Previously was known as ad0 ada1 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 1 lun 0 ada1: <st9402115a 3.01=""> ATA-6 device ada1: Serial Number 5PV09ZED ada1: 100.000MB/s transfers (UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes) ada1: 38154MB (78140160 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada1: Previously was known as ad1</st9402115a></sandisk>Rather than
ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <sandisk sdcfh-004g="" hdx="" 6.02=""> CFA-0 device ada0: Serial Number ABZ042211193008 ada0: 16.700MB/s transfers (PIO4, PIO 512bytes) ada0: 3815MB (7813120 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 7751C) ada0: Previously was known as ad0 ada1 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 1 lun 0 ada1: <st9402115a 3.01=""> ATA-6 device ada1: Serial Number 5PV09ZED ada1: 16.700MB/s transfers (PIO4, PIO 8192bytes) ada1: 38154MB (78140160 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada1: Previously was known as ad1</st9402115a></sandisk>As you point out, this setting affects them both. I've been trying to understand what granularity of control the driver gives me. From the ata man page there's the following which suggests per device control, but I don't currently understand what "specified device" means exactly.
@https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata(4)&sektion=:
hint.ata.X.devX.mode
limits the initial ATA mode for the specified device on the specified channel.hint.ata.X.mode
limits the initial ATA mode for every device on the specified channel.I'm not sure how the master/slave IDE arrangement maps onto the above. Any pointers much appreciated!
Thanks,
Steve
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Pretty sure the CF slot is always master if a CF card is in it so I would think it's dev0.
On my test box here which I haven't set loader.conf.local on it will boot if I use:
Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 4 seconds... Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. OK set hint.ata.0.dev0.mode=PIO4 OK boot Booting...So I'd say you're good with that.
Steve
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Thank you sir, you're a scholar and a gentleman! :)
Your suggestion works a treat. I clearly had a bit of a mental block on what "devX" could be. I'd tried "0", but it hadn't occurred to me to used "dev0". :-[ I'm clearly not familiar enough with FreeBSD naming conventions.
[code]ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <sandisk sdcfh-004g="" hdx="" 6.02="">CFA-0 device
ada0: Serial Number ABZ042211193008
ada0: 16.700MB/s transfers (PIO4, PIO 512bytes)
ada0: 3815MB (7813120 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 7751C)
ada0: Previously was known as ad0
ada1 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 1 lun 0
ada1: <st9402115a 3.01="">ATA-6 device
ada1: Serial Number 5PV09ZED
ada1: 100.000MB/s transfers (UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes)
ada1: 38154MB (78140160 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
ada1: Previously was known as ad1I'm now getting the performance I need for my disk used for logs and caching.
diskinfo -tv /dev/ad1 /dev/ad1 512 # sectorsize 40007761920 # mediasize in bytes (37G) 78140160 # mediasize in sectors 0 # stripesize 0 # stripeoffset 77520 # Cylinders according to firmware. 16 # Heads according to firmware. 63 # Sectors according to firmware. 5PV09ZED # Disk ident. Seek times: Full stroke: 250 iter in 7.926598 sec = 31.706 msec Half stroke: 250 iter in 6.203416 sec = 24.814 msec Quarter stroke: 500 iter in 9.877891 sec = 19.756 msec Short forward: 400 iter in 3.476113 sec = 8.690 msec Short backward: 400 iter in 2.381591 sec = 5.954 msec Seq outer: 2048 iter in 0.197696 sec = 0.097 msec Seq inner: 2048 iter in 0.179296 sec = 0.088 msec Transfer rates: outside: 102400 kbytes in 3.135350 sec = 32660 kbytes/sec middle: 102400 kbytes in 3.745807 sec = 27337 kbytes/sec inside: 102400 kbytes in 5.382397 sec = 19025 kbytes/secSteve</st9402115a></sandisk>
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Nice! I'm going to have to try that sometime. :)
Steve
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In testing the HD issue I ran that benchmark. Thought my result might ammuse you:
[2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: diskinfo -tv /dev/ada0 /dev/ada0 512 # sectorsize 20003880960 # mediasize in bytes (19G) 39070080 # mediasize in sectors 0 # stripesize 0 # stripeoffset 38760 # Cylinders according to firmware. 16 # Heads according to firmware. 63 # Sectors according to firmware. 32K60131T # Disk ident. Seek times: Full stroke: 250 iter in 11.840086 sec = 47.360 msec Half stroke: 250 iter in 8.878876 sec = 35.516 msec Quarter stroke: 500 iter in 15.334866 sec = 30.670 msec Short forward: 400 iter in 8.639504 sec = 21.599 msec Short backward: 400 iter in 7.131472 sec = 17.829 msec Seq outer: 2048 iter in 0.282496 sec = 0.138 msec Seq inner: 2048 iter in 1.086055 sec = 0.530 msec Transfer rates: outside: 102400 kbytes in 23.521335 sec = 4353 kbytes/sec middle: 102400 kbytes in 20.436978 sec = 5011 kbytes/sec inside: 102400 kbytes in 48.862760 sec = 2096 kbytes/secSomething not right. ::) Yet:
[2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: dmesg | grep ada ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <toshiba mk2018gap="" m1.42="" a="">ATA-5 device ada0: Serial Number 32K60131T ada0: 100.000MB/s transfers (UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes) ada0: 19077MB (39070080 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada0: Previously was known as ad0 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0s1a [rw]...</toshiba>Just a knackered old drive? Works fine though, as long as you're not in a hurry!
Steve
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Ouch. Not much use as a cache though as it's no faster than fiber broadband!
Steve
