From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 14 18:12:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A63E41065673 for ; Wed, 14 May 2008 18:12:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2184F8FC17 for ; Wed, 14 May 2008 18:12:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4EICQbh053725; Wed, 14 May 2008 13:12:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080514130848.02692e08@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 13:14:12 -0500 To: Aaron Holmes , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <4829FDB4.4030205@aaronholmes.net> References: <4829FDB4.4030205@aaronholmes.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080514-0, 05/14/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/6806/Wed Apr 16 15:50:16 2008 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: m4EICQbh053725 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: SRCSAS144e raid controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 18:12:48 -0000 At 03:44 PM 5/13/2008, Aaron Holmes wrote: >Is the Intel SRCSAS144e RAID controller supported by FreeBSD? Or are there >any "hacks" to get it working? >A quick google didn't reveal very much. It depends on what support you need. I've not used this exact controller but have used similar older models from intel. The intel controllers offer a couple interfaces, one a BIOS level interface, and a web based one as well. You can usually use the BIOS interface and create an array, and set it up that way. The support in any OS depends on the level of support for the array, some OS's see the raid controller and array, others see it as just a large disk. If the OS support is limited you may just want to make a redundant array (RAID 10) that includes hot spares so little human intervention is required except to replace a failed drive. If this is the case, you will see any RAID issues (and alarms) when the system boots, unless the web console works as well. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.