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Date:      Sun, 02 Apr 2006 10:18:27 +0200
From:      Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SATA RAID: Adaptec 1420SA, Promise TX4300?
Message-ID:  <m34q1cxuek.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
In-Reply-To: <200604021233.20917.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> (Daniel O'Connor's message of "Sun, 2 Apr 2006 13:33:19 %2B1030")
References:  <20060401110818.U54953@localhost> <442ED97C.4040201@gmx.at> <200604021233.20917.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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"Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> 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



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