Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:52:36 -0700 From: <kaosent@kewd.com> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: PCI RAID for 'gift' Message-ID: <000001c4ee23$0050fc30$68bbbbc0@kewdaeahnhd04i> In-Reply-To: <20041117120106.A07D116A4D1@hub.freebsd.org>
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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
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