Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:38:25 +1000 From: =?WINDOWS-1252?B?lSCV?= <googl3meister@gmail.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which motherboard for RAID in AMD64? Message-ID: <8f55402905060719386f941039@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200506071749.28840.groot@kde.org> References: <20050604234246.G69694@zoraida.natserv.net> <200506050949.54551.groot@kde.org> <20050607113123.R97707@zoraida.natserv.net> <200506071749.28840.groot@kde.org>
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On 6/8/05, Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org> wrote: > On Tuesday 07 June 2005 17:32, you wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Adriaan de Groot wrote: > > > Via KT800's embedded RAID which shows up as atapci1: <VIA 6420 SATA15= 0 > > > controller> works as a RAID controller; configure the RAID array befo= re > > > installation and use ar0 as the device to install FreeBSD to. > > > > > > Promise 20378 RAID which shows up as atapci0: <Promise PDC20378 SATA1= 50 > > > controller> works as a RAID controller; same deal. > > > > > > My K8V has both of these controllers, > > > > I am a little confused. Do you have one of those onboard and the second= as > > a pci card? >=20 > Lots of motherboards have two RAID controllers on board. See, the VIA KT8= 00 > chipset has one and some vendors add a second, like a promise, for added > value. 4 SATA connectors on the motherboard, on two different controllers= . >=20 > > > my Gigabyte board only the VIA. > > > > Which model? >=20 > Mmm, you could look that up in the motherboard list, but it's the GA-K8VT= 800. > That one has only the VIA embedded RAID. >=20 > -- > These are your friends - Adem > GPG: FEA2 A3FE Adriaan de Groot > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 Just to confirm, the Promise controller on the Asus A8V Deluxe works also - I disabled the other onboard VIA SATA RAID and just use the Promise for mirrored drives - works a treat. Configured at first boot and installed directly to ar0. Have split and rebuilt the world (as i386) just for testing. Thinking of a stripe on the VIA later maybe for swap. Have to say it's kinda neat to have 2 onboard raid even if only a 'consumer' level (no hot swap, battery backup), but the price is definitely right. --cheers gm
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