Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 15:49:24 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Aaron" <click46@webpimps.net> Cc: msmith@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Message-ID: <200109012249.f81MnOY01941@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:38:38 PDT." <20010827144140.0301337B403@hub.freebsd.org>
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It's a function of the way the card works. The card has to "bless" a
drive *before* you put any data on it. All (decent) RAID controllers work
like this.
> Whoops, my bad. Hit reply on the wrong message. What I meant to ask was
> that adding a drive with data already on it could not be added and
> mirrored on the fly is a limitation of the card or just not implemented
> in the drivers.
>
> Sorry for the confusion,
>
> - aaron
>
>
> >>
> >> I need to add RAID 1 to one of our web servers. I went ahead and
> purchased
> >> the 3ware 6200 controller, and have run into these potential problems,
> even
> >> before I've installed the hardware:
> >>
> >> 1. Can a drive containing data be added to this controller and then
> have the
> >> drive mirror'ed on the second drive? I asked this question from 3ware
> and
> >> they said they will get back to me.
> >
> > No, it cannot. This basically kills the rest of your questions.
> >
> > --
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> > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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