From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 13 06:08:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F116E1065689 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:08:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tj@tjvarghese.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C75CF8FC1A for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:08:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tj@tjvarghese.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so765405wfg.7 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:08:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.240.9 with SMTP id n9mr3711443wfh.73.1226555026195; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:43:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.143.156.1 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:43:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:43:46 +0800 From: "TJ Varghese" To: lenzi@k1.com.br In-Reply-To: <1226506819.1615.18.camel@k2.cwb.casa> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2cd0a0da0811120701r7c57bd6btf7640440dbb11035@mail.gmail.com> <1226506819.1615.18.camel@k2.cwb.casa> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, VeeJay Subject: Re: Any help about FreeBSD & Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET 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: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:08:54 -0000 On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:20 AM, S=E9rgio de Almeida Lenzi wrote: > Hello > > > > the best configuration I used is to use RAID-0 (no raid) > on the controller and g mirror on the FreeBSD (that is I use > the mirror in software) mainly because the Freebsd kernel > is, in this manner, can detect problems with the drivers > and so, can act on it.... > Do not use RAID-0! What you want is JBOD and freebsd's software raid. RAID-0 does striping over both drives...if one drive is dead you're screwed= .