Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:31:10 -0400 From: jason <jason@ec.rr.com> To: andy@neu.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID in FreeBSD Message-ID: <4174442E.6030707@ec.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0410180125110.6026@Mira.dandy.net> References: <20041015084958.6200416A4D9@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.LNX.4.56.0410180125110.6026@Mira.dandy.net>
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andy@neu.net wrote: >According to the handbook it says: >The twe driver provides support for the following series of ATA RAID con- > trollers: > > o Escalade 3W-5x00 > o Escalade 3W-6x00 > o Escalade 3W-7x00 > o Escalade 3W-8x00 > > These devices support 2, 4 or 8 ATA disk drives and provide RAID0 >(strip- > ing) and RAID1 (mirroring) functionality. > >I am considering buying a 3Ware Escalade 7506-4LP Kit, 4 port low profile >ATA 133 PCI 64/66 RAID Controller to use RAID5. The card supports >level 5, my question is, is RAID5 supported on FreeBSD? Does anyone have >experience with this card good or bad? Are there any other suggestions >for lowcost IDE RAID5? > >TIA > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > If you don't get SATA or SATA2 the card looks expensive, but I have only been shopping for a card for a few days so I can't give great advise on brands. I would suggest storagereview.com for that. Have you tried emailing msmith@FreeBSD.org? Also FreeBSD can do raid5 with vinum, or gvinum now. It uses the cpu and works with whatever controller but will be slower from what I have heard.
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