[rescue] FreeBSD and ZFS, was Re: 3ware raid

[Mouse]

>> The 3ware controllers have JBOD mode that turns all the "hardware"
>> raid off.
> Except that 3Ware JBOD mode is not *PRECISELY* JBOD.  It's closer to
> "a bunch of whole-single-disk logical volumes".

What, exactly, is JBOD here?

I don't know the hardware that's been under discussion.  But I do work
with a machine containing

twe0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0: 3ware Escalade
twe0: interrupting at ioapic1 pin 4 (irq 10)
twe0: 12 ports, Firmware FE7S 1.05.00.065, BIOS BE7X 1.08.00.048
twe0: Monitor ME7X 1.01.00.038, PCB Rev5    , Achip 3.20    , Pchip 1.30-66 

and its JBOD appears to be pretty much exactly what I would think:
direct access to the whole drive.  That machine has some pdcsata cards
as well, and I've moved disks between pdcsata and twe without needing
to touch the data on them and it's all Just Worked.

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