Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:27:27 +0100 From: Paul van der Linden <msn@paultjuh.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware supported? Message-ID: <45E2B60F.9030108@paultjuh.org> In-Reply-To: <45E2224B.9030605@fluffles.net> References: <45E1DA61.8090607@paultjuh.org> <45E2224B.9030605@fluffles.net>
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Fluffles wrote: > Onboard RAID does not really exist. The actual RAID is done by drivers; > onboard RAID is actually software RAID with a minor RAID BIOS which can > write metainformation about the array configuration and has BIOS > bootstrap support. This is also called "fake RAID". FreeBSD does support > some fake RAID metainformation though, by reading the metainfo from the > disks and assigning it's own software RAID-mechanism to it. For > information of which metainformation formats are supported, checkout the > ataraid(4) manpage: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ataraid&apropos=0&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE&format=html > Thank you, what are the disadvantages of a fake RAID? I was planning to setup my server with raid 1, But will it still boot when 1 harddisk fails?
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