From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 29 07:50:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0DA616A4CF for ; Sat, 29 May 2004 07:50:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rena.mysmt.net (rena.mysmt.net [82.150.137.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3917443D1F for ; Sat, 29 May 2004 07:50:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from erik@microcontroller.nl) Received: (qmail 12991 invoked by uid 1003); 29 May 2004 14:49:35 -0000 Received: from erik@microcontroller.nl by rena.mysmt.net by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.21 (clamdscan: 0.70-rc. spamassassin: 2.63. Clear:RC:1(213.84.50.76):. Processed in 0.035892 secs); 29 May 2004 14:49:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.14?) (microcon@microcontroller.nl@213.84.50.76) by 82-150-137-14.mysmt.net with SMTP; 29 May 2004 14:49:35 -0000 From: "Erik @ Microcontroller.nl" To: Vasenin Alexander aka BlackSir In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: <1085842173.25014.22.camel@tessa> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 16:49:34 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: raid backup X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 14:50:30 -0000 On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 16:02, Vasenin Alexander aka BlackSir wrote: > Yes, it works and do what it intended to do - under Widows of course. But "Promise Fasttrak-33, -66, -100, -100 TX2/TX4, -133 > TX2/TX2000" is not a RAID controllers, it's ATA/33,66,etc... controllers with software that can emulate RAID. > Vasenin Alexander aka BlackSir I don't know if they work in windows ;-) never tried, used them succesfully with freebsd 4.6 and on.. freebsd shows me an array, which I control with atacontrol device driver control program.. maybe you mean there is software on the card which emulates the raid, embedded in a microcontroller? -Erik. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Erik @ > > Microcontroller.nl > > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 4:37 PM > > To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > > Cc: michael@roq.com > > Subject: RE: raid backup > > > > > > just want to say that I use the promise tx2/2000 raid controllers with > > no problems at all.. > > I use them on several hosts with ide disks and for redundancy, or > > mirroring. > > bottom line for me is, if one disks fails the system needs to keep on > > going, and they do.. > > I made a little script which sends me an email when the array isn't > > status READY anymore.. > > > > in 2.5 years this only once happened with an server at the office, > > replaced the disk in the weekend when I had the time. this is all good > > enough for me.. ;-) > > > > just my 0,02 > > -Erik. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -Erik. -- homepage: http://erik.mysmt.net Merelstraat 35bis 3514 CM UTRECHT/Utrecht The Netherlands