Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:48:40 -0500 From: "Aaron C. Meadows" <freebsd-questions@shadowguarddev.com> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware RAID Cards.. Message-ID: <42938518.9070909@shadowguarddev.com> In-Reply-To: <200505241356.39253.kirk@strauser.com> References: <429340EC.2080801@shadowguarddev.com> <200505241356.39253.kirk@strauser.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm planning on using RAID 5, since they are kind of small drives, and I'm more interested in reliability and size, than speed. Kirk Strauser wrote: >On Tuesday 24 May 2005 09:57, Aaron C. Meadows wrote: > >>My question is, since that chipset is unsupported for hardware RAID, >>would I be better off to software RAID them, or get a different RAID >>card? > > >What RAID level do you plan on using? Mirroring shouldn't use much CPU, for >example, but parity might put a bit of a load on a hard-working system. > >That's a good question, though. Several cards are listed in the hardware >compatibility notes, but they stop short of saying "this card is completely >supported" or "stay away from this one". What cards have people had good >luck with in practice? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCk4UX/mrzqN8FLFURAihgAJwPKj/t2osnnkSCWVr/xBFv9fPM5QCfb0zo 5LDwsu+PlD074x37ZGcXohw= =KLh1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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