Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:22:55 +0100 From: "Oliver Blasnik" <oliver.blasnik@nextra.de> To: "Mike Smith" <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Again: Promise IDE RAID / Fasttrack100 Message-ID: <014b01c05a29$02cb70e0$6560310a@omnilinkw63> References: <200011291715.eATHFDF30160@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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Hi Mike, "Mike Smith" <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: [/me about the FastTrack-Raid-Problems] > > Hopefully anyone is going to implement that new drivers into FreeBSD > > or fix that problem. > No idea. Soren has made some noises about improving this, but I haven't > heard anything solid. Hum. I'll possibly hack something in (like: if drive is in a mirror and fails, then mark it as failed in config-data and disable it). It's not more than needed. Some Tools for remirroring are real simple. > Personally (biassed opinion here), if you want ATA RAID, get a "real" > RAID controller from 3ware. If there is the possibility to boot up from a (software-)raid and USE it with no additional cost, I do prefer this. The implementation is not a big thing, most of the work is done already. So, why not _finish_ the work? IF I _really_ need a Raid, I use external Arrays (CMD, Infortrend f.ex.). But having such a benefit (mirrored ide, bootable) without high costs in a 1U system is worth using it for higher availability - if the drivers do support it. Thats _my_ personal opinion ;-) Thanks btw, Oliver -- -- http://www.nextra.de - INTERNET@WORK ----- oliver.blasnik@nextra.de -- Nextra Deutschland | Oliver Blasnik Senior System Administrator GmbH & Co KG | Lyoner Strasse 26 D-60528 Frankfurt Region Mitte | tel +49-69-66441-0 fax +49-69-66441-199 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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