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Date:      Sat, 1 Apr 2006 12:15:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tenebrae <tenebrae_bsd@niceboots.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SATA RAID: Adaptec 1420SA, Promise TX4300?
Message-ID:  <20060401121010.T55133@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <442ED97C.4040201@gmx.at>
References:  <20060401110818.U54953@localhost> <442ED97C.4040201@gmx.at>

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On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Lars Cleary wrote:

> Why don't you just use gmirror(8) and do software RAID 1?
>
> IMHO a controller just for RAID 1 is unnecessary,
> as the OS together with a reasonable motherboards disk controller
> is just as fast as any RAID controller.

Ah, I knew I should have mentioned this.
The motherboard I will be using has no native SATA support so I will need
to purchase a(n) SATA controller anyway.
Also, I tend to prefer hardware solutions to software solutions
(*cough*evilWinModem*cough*).

> Also maybe see: http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/
> for more details.

Thanks.  I'll have a look.

								-Tenebrae.
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