From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 3 14:05:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C0A516A4CE for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 14:05:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01EC743D6E for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 14:05:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fborghesi@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 40so2783495nzk for ; Tue, 03 May 2005 07:05:27 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Sl6tNcm5EEswdZmj8Hym0tKWAyffQx1KODvMsyCzuRlNJAem48KeXCUijLwy1K6JhQdc+hdqIWDhsiAWIAbXHqU6w7goxC1GW1nMi/WWjyHDT08ly8R9UEUM3X+crwQzBsV1YeV6RceNIPqb6tKvAGAOP07iai6YFjd9lhxbDu8= Received: by 10.36.33.6 with SMTP id g6mr702109nzg; Tue, 03 May 2005 07:05:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.105.10 with HTTP; Tue, 3 May 2005 07:05:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:05:27 -0300 From: Franco Bruno Borghesi To: "Toll, Eric" In-Reply-To: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A944E4D10@VIP10-WIN2K> Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A944E4D10@VIP10-WIN2K> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another BIOS RAID or host based RAID question X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Franco Bruno Borghesi List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 14:05:33 -0000 Yes, I am using 3 servers with hardware raid: a)3ware 7500 with 4 ATA disks (1 spare) WD 160 GB in RAID 5, works great. b)Mylex AcceleRAID 160 with 3 SCSI 8 GB Quantum disks, RAID 5, works great. c)3ware 9600s with 4 SATA 150 disks (1 spare) WD 160 GB in RAID 5. Many=20 problems, occasional reboots, couldn't get any help from the lists. The 3ware 7500 board comes in severall flavours, you could try a two channe= l=20 model, though the only utility you have is tw_cli, it's console based, no= =20 alarms. It's also an ATA controller :( Hope this helps. 2005/5/2, Toll, Eric : >=20 > I see the list littered with many unanswered RAID questions, is anyone=20 > using > hardware based RAID with FreeBSD 5.X? If so what exactly do you have for > equipment? >=20 > Want to get 2 identical 74Gb drives, could be SATA or SCSI, would like to= =20 > setup > controller or bios to to the RAID - not software raid. e.g. create the=20 > mirror > set in BIOS then install BSD. >=20 > I have purchased *nothing* yet. I'd like an easy to set up (via BIOS) RAI= D=20 > 1 > set, then install FreeBSD 5.3 onto it, FreeBSD would see the Raided set o= f=20 > disks > as ONE disk. >=20 > The old HP SCSI Raid Controllers would make a very loud alarm noise when= =20 > the > RAID array was in trouble, I really want this feature! >=20 > Anyone recommend a nice compatible card or board that will do what I want= ? >=20 > I am grateful for your answers. >=20 > Eric >=20 > "That is not a puzzle, Grasshopper. It is only something you do not yet > understand." -Master Po >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g > " >