From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 1 21:44:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B1B016A42D for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:44:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dom@helenmarks.co.uk) Received: from mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk (mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk [83.223.104.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64CB143D5C for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:44:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dom@helenmarks.co.uk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746E011468 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:44:27 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92686-02 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:44:27 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.helenmarks.co.uk (unknown [87.194.32.124]) by mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC0711464 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:44:26 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.helenmarks.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0F0D170DB; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:44:26 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.helenmarks.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.helenmarks.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17709-07; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:44:26 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.15.3] (egg.helenmarks.co.uk [192.168.15.3]) by mail.helenmarks.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9F2170D9; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:44:26 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <442EF435.7080901@helenmarks.co.uk> Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:44:21 +0100 From: Dominic Marks User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tenebrae References: <20060401110818.U54953@localhost> <442ED97C.4040201@gmx.at> <20060401121010.T55133@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060401121010.T55133@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: By ClamAV 0.85.1 X-Virus-Scanned: By GoodforBusiness.co.uk Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA RAID: Adaptec 1420SA, Promise TX4300? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:44:39 -0000 Tenebrae wrote: > 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*). I started using only 3ware cards a while ago. It was a good choice. Lots of other seem to have the same experience too. >> Also maybe see: http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ >> for more details. > > Thanks. I'll have a look. > > -Tenebrae. > --- > The sending of any unsolicited email advertising messages to this domain > may result in the imposition of civil liability against you in accordance > with Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Section 17538.45. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Dominic