Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 10:06:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Ralph Forsythe <rf-list@centerone.com> To: Alvin Gunkel <gunkel@oneofum.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3ware or other ATA RAID? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305151005170.12583-100000@blue.centerone.com> In-Reply-To: <46573.198.151.13.15.1052997845.squirrel@mail.oneofum.net>
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Yeah, it's the dead-disk part that scares me. Most of what I've been reading suggests that BSD can't repair the disk safely, or at all, and you have to boot into a Linux CD just to restore the array. Naturally, I think that sucks. Thanks for all the replies so far, I'm still not sure what I'm going to do here... - Ralph On Thu, 15 May 2003, Alvin Gunkel wrote: > Ralph, > > I've been running an older 3Ware card, a 6k series with four drives for > almost a year now without a problem. Granted I haven't had a disk die to > test, but it's been rock solid. > > Alvin > > > I know FreeBSD support for the 3ware controllers is sketchy, I've read the > > archives. My original plan was to run FreeBSD with a 3ware 7500-8 > > controller and a stack of 250gb drives (mmm, storage!). So my alternative > > is to run Linux, or find another controller that works with BSD. > > > > Any recommendations? I need it to work; the marginal "it might rebuild > > your array" types of things I'm hearing with BSD is scaring me, and I > > don't > > like wondering if my 2TB array will fix itself without major work. If BSD > > supports a similar ATA RAID controller I'm definitely interested in > > hearing > > about it (though I'd like BSD to just update the driver they have now, so > > the one I want will work!), otherwise I may have to revert to Linux for my > > database server, at least until SCO sues me for running it. *laugh* (See > > slashdot if you have no clue about what I just said re SCO) > > > > Cheers, > > - Ralph > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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