This is the old XigmaNAS forum in read only mode,
it will taken offline by the end of march 2021!
I like to aks Users and Admins to rewrite/take over important post from here into the new fresh main forum!
Its not possible for us to export from here and import it to the main forum!
The problem is a number of these devices are lying to the OS about their sector size, claiming it is 512-byte; this will cause significant performance issues if not dealt with at zpool creation time.
My question is: What should be done at the zpool creation time?
M/B : Gigabyte Z87X-UDH3 / CPU : Intel i7 3400 MHz / RAM : 16GB DDR3 1600 / Storage: 8x4TB Seagate NAS HDDs in RaidZ3 ~ 20TB usable disk space / O/S : xigmaNAS 11.2.0 full / SAS/SATA Controller : LSI SAS 9211-8i / Case : NZXT Model H2 - Classic Silent Middle Tower Chassis
Step by step How-to (use your own pool names etc, ZFS format, etc. examples are my own server)
1st: Disks=>Format. Select the 1st disk: da0 for example. Select file system: ZFS Storage pool device. format. repeat for all disks of your pool.
2nd: Disks=>ZFS=>Pools=>Virtual device. Click Add device. Name: virtual_device1. Type: Double-parity Raid-Z. Devices: select all that will be part of this pool. Select: Enable Advanced Format (4KB sector)
Click "ADD" and then click "Apply changes".
3rd: now you can proceed to create your pools.
M/B : Gigabyte Z87X-UDH3 / CPU : Intel i7 3400 MHz / RAM : 16GB DDR3 1600 / Storage: 8x4TB Seagate NAS HDDs in RaidZ3 ~ 20TB usable disk space / O/S : xigmaNAS 11.2.0 full / SAS/SATA Controller : LSI SAS 9211-8i / Case : NZXT Model H2 - Classic Silent Middle Tower Chassis
