Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 00:35:13 +0200 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: RAID5 Message-ID: <20010904003513.A313@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> In-Reply-To: <20010903142145.K10812-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>; from behanna@zbzoom.net on Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 02:25:59PM -0400 References: <10F29E27A956D511B0940050DA8D86A908F812@chat.dagupan.com> <20010903142145.K10812-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>
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On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 02:25:59PM -0400, Chris BeHanna wrote: > On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 francisv@dagupan.com wrote: > > > Speaking of RAID, what RAID card that supports IDE would you recommend for > > FreeBSD? Can it boot from the RAID device or do you need a separate boot > > disk for that? > > AFAIK, there are no IDE RAID cards that support RAID-5. You are > stuck with RAID 0, 1 or 10. Although these are just fine for what > they are, they don't do what RAID-5 does. RAID-10 is an acceptable > substitute for RAID-5 if you have the money for the spare spindles. > I am now using a 3ware Escalade 7410 with four IDE disks (IBM 75 GB) on FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE. It just works (twe(4) driver) and performs quite well. There are also 2- and 8-disks models available. JMA -- ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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