From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 28 04:09:36 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 2D14816A423 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:09:36 +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 DE51943D1D for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:09:35 +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 1Dn7Pf-0000rx-7x; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:09:34 -0600 In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050627185343.089b7d28@localhost> References: <200506261830.MAA29221@lariat.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050627180959.087b8900@localhost> <104FD414-5FDD-4278-8422-D247D05BF946@shire.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050627185343.089b7d28@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <96AF139B-83B9-4053-95DD-7AB65053E56B@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:09:30 -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=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50, GREYLIST_ISWHITE 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 04:09:36 -0000 On Jun 27, 2005, at 6:54 PM, Brett Glass wrote: > At 06:48 PM 6/27/2005, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > >> The 1820a has hardware XOR while the 1820 is purely software >> > > This server will be mirroring, so we wouldn't need XOR. It'd > be a big plus for RAID 5, though. I don't know about the Highpoint (my 1820a is used as a jbod controller only -- the only one I could find that was low profile :-) but some better RAID controllers do the mirroring in HW as well -- no software drives the RAID functions. My adaptec 2100S 2200S 2410A all do it this way, which I greatly prefer. I like the "complexity" of the RAID completely hidden from the OS. Chad > > --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