Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:12:07 +0100 From: Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Compat question: MSI P35, Q6600 + RocketRAID (?) Message-ID: <47ECD287.1070305@shopzeus.com>
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Hello, I'm building a small server computer.
I selected the following components:
MSI P35 Platinum motherboard (should be rev 1.1)
Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor
4 x 2048 DDR2 memory
The operating system will be FreeBSD 7.0 amd64.
Questions:
- Is the integrated gigabit LAN supported in FreeBSD 7.0?
- Is that motherboard works with FBSD 7.0, or should I choose a
different one (for about the same price).
I also need to build a RAID 6 array. I would like to use the integrated
SATA controller for the base system (gmirror with 2 disks on ICH9) and a
PCI-E based RAID controller with 13 disks (12 in RAID 6 plus a hot spare
drive). I'm not sure which RAID controller I should use. The controller
must support these:
- RAID 6
- Hot swap
- Hot spare
I found a controller that can do this: RocketRAID 2340. Its
documentation says that it support FreeBSD. Can somebody confirm that it
works with FreeBSD 7.0? Is there a better (faster/better supported/more
stable) RAID card that I can use (for about the same price).
Also I do not know how to setup a RAID 6 array: from BIOS or Freebsd?
but that is not a hw question. **
Thanks,
Laszlo
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