From 2.1.5 to 2.2 - Supermicro, SSD, Insane reboot, crash - Bsdlabel invalid
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Seems weird to me that hardware would show anything other than raid1 to the OS.
There are also "HW" RAID controllers that present both individual drives and the RAID to the OS. Junk.
Ditch the pointless "HW" RAID. If you want to RAID, use the software RAID included in FreeBSD.
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Probably a really good suggestion. I wouldn't be the one to configure something like that in BSD without doing some reading first.
Got a link for how to do something like that so the OP can read it? -
The installer has an option to create and install to a RAID mirror. In 2.2, you even have a GUI to manage the RAID (forget dead drives and replace them…), widget and notifications.
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Create_a_Software_RAID1_%28gmirror%29
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That is a cool option to have!
"Starting with pfSense 2.2, e-mail alerts will be sent if the status of an array changes."
I like it.
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This what you were thinking of?:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=87272.msg479191#msg479191Steve
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Yes - Thats exactly what I was remembering.
But I like doctornotors suggestion also. Seems like this guy was using a hardware raid and thats cool, but software may also work great.
I am not running raid on mine, so I can't say but I'm waiting to see if OP can make it work.
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It seem more like an uncool 'hardware' raid! :P Why expose the discs and the array to the OS?
You mean disable the raid controller and use a GEOM mirror instead? I agree and Chris suggests that. His initial suggestion seems to be just to allow the box to boot.
Steve
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Yes - I also like the idea that pfsense will email me if I have a dead disk - Assuming I ran raid.
I expect my particular SSD will outlast the foundation of my house… Its slow and reliable.
Its far my likely I'd eventually get tired of it than it would fail.
BUT - This thread has me thinking that running a raid of very fast MLC drives might make good sense using GEOM for future builds.
Long as I can easily know when my flakey SSDs need replacing. -
Adding info to this thread:
Regarding the limiter and kernel crash = reboot - Here is the bug report: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4310
It appears to happen only when running CARP. -
Adding info to this thread:
Regarding the limiter and kernel crash = reboot - Here is the bug report: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4310
It appears to happen only when running CARP.Seems like there is a patch ready now? or am i wrong? Can we use "pfSsh.php playback gitsync RELENG_2_2" to apply the patch ?
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You can gitsync to bring in everything or apply single patches using the System Patches package.
If the fix is a single patch I would try just that first. If you gitsync you may pull in something undesireable. ;)
Both those options are unsupported etc….Steve
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I couldn't find anywhere else to get an answer to this, but you are doing what I'm curious to try. I would like to know if two Intel SSD's (the support TRIM) are able to be used in the softraid 1 (The option the pfsense installer gives) with TRIM enabled? It seems as though TRIM gives them longer life, and RAID firther extends system uptime. I wouldn't want to throw dual SSD's in a system only to find that TRIM can't be enabled and they would have shorter lifespans that a single one!
Thanks for any heads up or help you guys can give.
