Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:49:02 -0800 From: Mike Maltese <mike@pcmedx.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: m <mfoulk@kewd.com> Subject: Re: PCI RAID for 'gift' Message-ID: <41D3A4DE.1030408@pcmedx.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c4ee2f$f52f2e00$68bbbbc0@kewdaeahnhd04i> References: <000001c4ee2f$f52f2e00$68bbbbc0@kewdaeahnhd04i>
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m wrote: > 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... Well, I'm jealous! > It is a respectable 1U server with the following specs from manual: > Dual (2) IntelR XEON 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. Take a look here: http://www.techno-obscura.com/~delgado/notes/fbsd-ich5SATAraid.html While it is possible to create a mirrored array with the ICH5 controller, I can't say that I'd recommend it for anything important or in an environment that it would be subjected to heavy loads. The only way I can see using this method would be in conjunction with a consistent backup routine (which should be practiced in all situations anyway). My suggestion would be to get a 3ware 8006-2LP. It's inexpensive at <$150, it's real hardware RAID, and hot-swapping is supported. 3ware even has a CLI application for controlling and monitoring your arrays. I've personally used this card with FreeBSD 5.3 with great results. Mike
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