From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 03:52:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE0AE16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:52:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gemcons.com (mail.gemcons.com [66.111.54.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 284B943D31 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:52:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kaosent@kewd.com) Received: (qmail 19248 invoked by uid 399); 30 Dec 2004 05:15:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO kewdaeahnhd04i) (68.63.186.182) by mail.gemcons.com with SMTP; 30 Dec 2004 05:15:47 -0000 From: To: Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:52:36 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c4ee23$0050fc30$68bbbbc0@kewdaeahnhd04i> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20041117120106.A07D116A4D1@hub.freebsd.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: PCI RAID for 'gift' X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:52:38 -0000 Hello All, My wife has done the unthinkable this season! She decided to buy me a new server for our small office, which I am more than excited about, except for one paramount detail... It is a respectable 1U server with the following specs from manual: Dual (2) IntelR XEONT 2.8GHz HT Processors=20 533MHz Front Side Bus, Hyperthread 512K L2 Cache=20 Intel E7501 Server Chipset 2GB PC2100 ECC Reg. DDR Memory Dual (2) 160GB SATA Hard Drives, 8MB Buffer=20 52x Sony CDROM Drive (black)=20 8MB Onboard ATIR RageT XL=20 Intel 10/100Mbps NIC=20 Intel Gigabit NIC And now the problem: SuperMicro Board comes with onboard RAID, an Adaptec ICH5R SATA = controller. I am not a computer expert, nor an expert with respect to FreeBSD, but = there is really no other operating system that I am willing (nor trust) to run = on our server. The retailer will not accept return or exchange, so I am = stuck with this thing. Can anyone provide any suggestions to overcome this problem? Maybe suggest a compatible pci raid card or something to make = the system work in a raid configuration with the existing HD's? Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so very much for you help. Victor Foulk