From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 08:47:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0883E37B401 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 08:47:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blue.centerone.com (blue.centerone.com [204.133.183.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F81C43F85 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 08:47:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rf-list@centerone.com) Received: from localhost (rf-list@localhost) by blue.centerone.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA12724; Thu, 15 May 2003 10:06:56 -0600 Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 10:06:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Ralph Forsythe To: Alvin Gunkel In-Reply-To: <46573.198.151.13.15.1052997845.squirrel@mail.oneofum.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3ware or other ATA RAID? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 15:47:13 -0000 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" > > >