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Subject: Re: SATA RAID: Adaptec 1420SA, Promise TX4300?
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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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