From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 29 16:09:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E855C10656AF for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:09:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.farley.org (farley.org [67.64.95.201]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A653E8FC15 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:09:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Received: from thor.farley.org (HPooka@thor.farley.org [192.168.1.5]) by mail.farley.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m5TG9jR9021194; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:09:45 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:09:45 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" To: Rainer Duffner In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <7d6fde3d0806260649t6619521bv92b65c472ddb7e1@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080627170323.02591528@mail.computinginnovations.com> <7d6fde3d0806272057p795277a2ie60ac7d7d10f0a6e@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806280129i31874960ofbc7627598e1426f@mail.gmail.com> <735A937C-89A9-411A-AA3F-377F576E635E@freebsd.org> <7d6fde3d0806280348r65875755pf7dc3917bba2bcb5@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806280349j7eace513idb5cd81f9e2e4e0a@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080628132240.0255ba38@mail.computinginnovations.com> <7d6fde3d0806281410r781a6a77k98ffe237c10e3eee@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806282011x472f8d27s955a8e1ab43a7341@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on mail.farley.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:09:48 -0000 On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Rainer Duffner wrote: *snip* > On our HP DL320G5s, FreeBSD7 didn't even detect the MatrixRAID array > (RAID1). Even the Windoze-guys tell us that they don't trust it. > > So we settled for RAID1 via gmirror. > > MatrixRAID is a scam, if you ask me - like all the other BIOS-RAIDs we > have had the displeasure to see over the years. I have been using the Intel MatrixRAID (ICH9R) with RAID1 successfully. Already, I have had to replace one drive, and the rebuild worked. The only reason I used it instead of gmirror, which I use on another system (FreeBSD-only), is that it allows the whole drive to be mirrored regardless of what other OS's I have installed. What other inexpensive (cheap! :)) and reliable (assuming MatrixRAID counts) whole-disk (SATA) mirroring solutions exist? The cheapest I found on NewEgg is Syba ($12). Personally, I have never heard of the brand. Is what you can get in the $12-30 range any better than MatrixRAID? Would they be any faster? Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org