Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:49:42 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru> Cc: scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE RAID Message-ID: <200104191949.f3JJnge01789@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:24:24 %2B0400." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104020919310.64972-100000@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>
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> > > Are ATA RAID controllers other than 3ware going to be supported by
> > > FreeBSD? I have not found any on your web-page. Unfortunately, 3ware
> > > products are not sold in Russia...
> >
> > Which products in particular were you interested in?
> >
> > I am waiting for a sample of the Promise RAID-5 controller before starting
> > work on it, but aside from that the other Promise and HPT controllers are
> > not actually RAID controllers at all (they are just ATA controllers with
> > some RAID software in the BIOS).
>
> Sure, only raid5 is interesting for me. Promise SuperTrak (raid5)
> controllers are available here.
Hmm. RAID5 isn't really all that wonderful; you pay a high price in both
cost and performance to do all those XOR calculations.
> BWT, is 3ware supported by FreeBSD in raid5 mode?
> 'man twe' tells only about 0 and 1 somewhy.
Yes, it is. I haven't had any time lately to test it, but it's known to
work.
Regards,
Mike
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