Topics: CentOS

Parallel rsync allows you to copy with multiple threads so it can work on different files at the same time. The Parameter “P” sets the number of threads ls -1 $LOCAL_DIR | xargs -I {} -P 5 -n 1 rsync -avh –progress $LOCAL_DIR/{} $RECV_DIR -P sets number of parallel threads Example: ls -1 /mnt/mylocalfiles/ | […]

How do I know one of my boot drives has failed? Open the Disk Utility and scroll down to your RAID devices. If one of them has failed you will see DEGRADED. Alternately you may open a terminal and enter the command “cat /proc/mdstat” This will list the current status of all RAIDs you have […]

The recommended utility to use with the LSI 9361 SAS card is StorCLI. StorCLI allows command line tools to manage and control LSI MegaRAID controllers. It can be downloaded at –> https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12351376 Once the rpm package is downloaded, extract it to a directory on your Storinator. From there, changing into that director and run the […]

Scope/Description This guide will show you how to install and start the Highpoint WebUI for Rocket 750 HBA cards Prerequisites A server with the highpoint HBA driver installed Steps First, make sure wget is installed Centos/Rocky yum install wget -y dnf install wget -y Ubuntu apt install wget -y Now we can download the WebUI […]

Scope/Description This article details the process of changing your OS from FreeNAS to Ubuntu/CentOS. It includes the process of importing the pool and making necessary changes. Prerequisites A FreeNas pool configured and Houston running on CentOS7/Ubuntu 20.04 Steps FreeNAS System Take note of everything configured (Share, Groups-Users, IPs) Export the pool through the Web UI […]

Scope/Description This article will show how to identify what slot on each controller translates to a physical port on LSI 9305 16i Controllers. Prerequisites System running a Linux OS Having LSI 9305-16i Controller cards installed Steps Below is a chart on how each physical port translates to a slot number in the drive bay area: […]

rm -f /etc/hptuser.dat /etc/init.d/hptdaemon stop /etc/init.d/hptdaemon start Wait for about 10 seconds and then try the default login credentials Username: RAID Password: hpt   Password can now be changed within the Web GUI once you are logged in.

Scope/Description This article details the process of downloading the necessary packages to use the SAS3IRCU commands. These commands can be used to locate drives on specific controller cards within the system. Prerequisites A configured Storinator running CentOS or FreeNAS FreeNAS comes with packages pre-installed Steps Install SAS3IRCU on CentOS Download the sas3ircu command: wget http://images.45drives.com/tools/sas3ircu […]