Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 17:03:05 +0200 From: Patrick Hurrelmann <outi@outi.echsi.de> To: adam@otterycomputers.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID 5 Adapters and FreeBSD 5.2.1 (was: Intel chipsets and FreeBSD) Message-ID: <40AE1A29.8080300@outi.echsi.de> In-Reply-To: <40AE18E8.90302@outi.echsi.de> References: <003301c43f36$a78c7340$0b02a8c0@justin> <40AE18E8.90302@outi.echsi.de>
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> > Hey Guys, > > My aim is to have FreeBSD 5.2.1 running on my system with 3 x 80GB IDE Hard > disks in a RAID 5 configuration. > I want FreeBSD 5.x becuase my machine is a Multi-processor and I want to take > advantage of the SMP code in 5.x. > > My question is this - whats the best way to acheive this? > > Should I use Vinum to acheive the Raid 5 bit, or whats this new Geom thingy, > also I would prefer a RAID adapter card providing they are cheap enough > (because the performance is better in hardware, isnt it?) ? > > Also what is the support for SATA like, Ideally I would like to have SATA Hard > Disks. I had consulted the HCL for FreeBSD 5.2.1 but it seems incomplete as it > doesnt list the Intel ICH5 SATA controller yet I know this works fine! > Two products look interesting which could help me here, but i am unsure of the > support for FreeBSD, could someone tell me whether either of these two products > are suppored and if not recommend something that is - > > 1) Promise FastTrak S150 SX4. > > 2) Promise FastTrak SX4000 Lite. > > > Thanks Adam Retter Patrick Hurrelmann wrote: Hi, actually there is no raid 5 support for Promise (ATA-Controller in general) in 5.x. I don'T know much about Vinum, but you may use Vinum Raid5. Another solution would be a 3Ware SATA Raid-Controller using twe-driver. Patrick Sorry, I replied wrong message ;)
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