From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 2 08:18:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45EBC16A400 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:18:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthias.andree@gmx.de) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E734443D55 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:18:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matthias.andree@gmx.de) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 02 Apr 2006 08:18:35 -0000 Received: from p509124E9.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO m2a2.dyndns.org) [80.145.36.233] by mail.gmx.net (mp040) with SMTP; 02 Apr 2006 10:18:35 +0200 X-Authenticated: #428038 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A3D200500 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 10:18:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from m2a2.dyndns.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (m2a2.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06967-04 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 10:18:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 9B3BA20078C; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 10:18:27 +0200 (CEST) From: Matthias Andree To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200604021233.20917.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> (Daniel O'Connor's message of "Sun, 2 Apr 2006 13:33:19 +1030") References: <20060401110818.U54953@localhost> <442ED97C.4040201@gmx.at> <200604021233.20917.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 10:18:27 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at emma.line.org X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: SATA RAID: Adaptec 1420SA, Promise TX4300? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:18:38 -0000 "Daniel O'Connor" writes: > On Sunday 02 April 2006 05:20, Lars Cleary wrote: >> Why don't you just use gmirror(8) and do software RAID 1? >> >> IMHO a controller just for RAID 1 is unnecessary, >> as the OS together with a reasonable motherboards disk controller >> is just as fast as any RAID controller. > > You can't boot off a system with a dead primary disk with software RAID1. > (well you MIGHT but.. in any case RAID1 cards are quite cheap) It's a matter of the BIOS: will it complain, or will it proceed to the next SATA disk? -- Matthias Andree