From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 2 19:11:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA80216A422 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:11:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from yertle.kcilink.com (yertle.kcilink.com [65.205.34.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2973343D55 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:11:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from [192.168.7.103] (host-103.int.kcilink.com [192.168.7.103]) by yertle.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BCB1B80D for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:11:54 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: stable@freebsd.org From: Vivek Khera Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:11:53 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: Subject: opinion on which software RAID to use X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:11:56 -0000 I have a stack of new boxes here with two SATA drives on which I plan to do software RAID. The box actually has a hardware RAID but it is somehow disabled since I didn't pay extra for it... I can access the BIOS and set up the RAID volume but it fails at boot. So they are configured as individual disks. The boxes are Dell PowerEdge 1425SC. Anyhow, I see at least three ways to set up a mirror of these drives and/or partitions: gvinum gmirror atacontrol Any opinions on which has both qualities: easy to configure/manage (ie, recover after failure) and performance? The handbook RAID page doesn't even mention gmirror. The atacontrol seems very simple to use, at least. Let me know what you think. Thanks!