Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:34:48 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best hardware to mirror IDE drives under FreeBSD? Message-ID: <ef10de9a050626173456cb1c6f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200506261830.MAA29221@lariat.org> References: <200506261830.MAA29221@lariat.org>
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On 6/26/05, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote: > I need to set up a FreeBSD server with two or more sets of > mirrored drives. What is the best controller to use for this > purpose? Note that I don't need striping or other RAID > functions -- just mirroring, hopefully with hot swap capability. > A system that could re-mirror a replacement drive with minimal > impact on performance would be ideal. Highpoint RocketRAID: 1640: 4xSATA, PCI 32bit, 33MHz 1810A: 4xSATA, PCI-X 64bit, 66/100/133Mhz 1820A: 8xSATA, PCI-X 64bit, 66/100/133Mhz 2220: 8xSATA-II, PCI-X 64bit, 66/100/133Mhz With the exception of the 2220 all of the other cards do RAID 5 in software. For your needs just about any RAID card from anyone will do what you want. The main reason I recommended highpoint's raid cards this because the company fully supports FreeBSD 4.x / 5.x with drivers and CLI/GUI management programs. For you hot-swapping needs look here for SATA cages: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=3DGO&Range=3D1&bop=3Da= nd&description=3Dcage&srchInDesc=3DSATA
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