From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 28 01:18:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 478EB16A453 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:18:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 346F343F50 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:48:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1Dn4Gg-000J70-Sg; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:48:04 -0600 In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050627180959.087b8900@localhost> References: <200506261830.MAA29221@lariat.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050627180959.087b8900@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <104FD414-5FDD-4278-8422-D247D05BF946@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:48:01 -0600 To: Brett Glass X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Mon May 30 00:43:02 MDT 2005) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Nikolas Britton Subject: Re: Best hardware to mirror IDE drives under FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:18:56 -0000 On Jun 27, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Brett Glass wrote: > At 06:34 PM 6/26/2005, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > >> Highpoint RocketRAID: >> 1640: 4xSATA, PCI 32bit, 33MHz >> 1810A: 4xSATA, PCI-X 64bit, 66/100/133Mhz >> 1820A: 8xSATA, PCI-X 64bit, 66/100/133Mhz >> 2220: 8xSATA-II, PCI-X 64bit, 66/100/133Mhz >> >> With the exception of the 2220 all of the other cards do RAID 5 in >> software. The 1820a has hardware XOR while the 1820 is purely software Chad >> For your needs just about any RAID card from anyone will do >> what you want. The main reason I recommended highpoint's raid cards >> this because the company fully supports FreeBSD 4.x / 5.x with >> drivers >> and CLI/GUI management programs. >> > > That's great! We don't run GUIs on servers that run RAID (for obvious > reasons), but if they have a good CLI program it'll work well. > > >> For you hot-swapping needs look here for SATA cages: >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp? >> Submit=GO&Range=1&bop=and&description=cage&srchInDesc=SATA >> > > Anything that'll fit in a 17" relay rack? > > --Brett > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net