Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 00:54:19 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <mike@ascendency.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Natively supported inexpensive RAID cards Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEFOFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <017501c62960$85851b10$0401a8c0@Mike8500>
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udma raid cards like the highpoint series are very cheap on ebay because so many people think sata is better that they are dumping them. At the same time the drive manufacturers are dumping udma drives because they are thinking the same thing. TLast month for example I just put 2 mirrored 160GB seagates on a highpoint. The seagates were rebated down to about $35 each, and the highpoint was off ebay for about $15. If it's cheap disk storage your looking for, you can't really beat that. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Mike Loiterman >Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:57 PM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Natively supported inexpensive RAID cards > > >I'm looking to setup a 4 drive SATA RAID 5 file server for mp3, avi, and >other media using 6.0-RELEASE. > >It appears that the supported SATA RAID cards listed in >/stand/help/HARDWARE.TXT are all over $400.00. That's hard for >to justify >for this application, unless there are no other choices. > >I'd like to keep this simple, so if the price for that is $450 >bucks, well, >I guess I'll have to deal with that. But, I figured it >wouldn't hurt to ask >if are there any well supported SATA RAID cards (meaning setup >automatically >recognizes an array setup in the RAID card's BIOS as one drive) >in the $100 >to $200 range. I don't need anything other than 5, but other >levels would >be nice for future use. Even better would be a motherboard with onboard >RAID that FreeBSD supported natively. > >If there aren't any such cards or motherboards, are there >relatively easy >work-arounds using less expensive cards? > >------------------------------ >Mike Loiterman >grantADLER >Tel: 630-302-4944 >Fax: 773-442-0992 >Email: mike@ascendency.net >PGP Key: 0xD1B9D18E > >_______________________________________________ >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" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.0/249 - Release Date: 2/2/2006 >
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