Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:45:36 -0400 From: "Toll, Eric" <eric@vipstructures.com> To: "Igor Robul" <igorr@speechpro.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: NVidia RAID on Tyan-S2865 Message-ID: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A949DDA0C@VIP10-WIN2K>
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>=20 > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 11:57:57AM -0400, Toll, Eric wrote: > > If you going to mess around with RAID please just get a=20 > real RAID card=20 > > like 3Ware. > I know about 3Ware :-) Moreover I use these cards 8xxx and=20 > 7xxx in my servers. PC with NVidia RAID is just my=20 > workstation and I have not lost any important data. I was=20 > very happy when FreeBSD 6.1 "just worked" on this PC without=20 > any trouble :-), and this was my first trouble with minor=20 > data loss with FreeBSD. >=20 > On real servers I use 3Ware or gmirror (depends on server usage). I'm sorry, I'm just tired of hearing about raid woes and the great = extents people go to to try and make software raid work correctly. They waste = many hours of their life on something that will never begin to be as good as = a $130.00 3Ware card. So if you've spent more than 3-4 hours total time = messing around you could have had a 3Ware card. Besides you spent good money on = the Tyan MB, almost like having a stone castle with thin styrofoam doors. =20
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