From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 28 11:27:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1326106566B for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:27:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandalf@shopzeus.com) Received: from viefep14-int.chello.at (viefep18-int.chello.at [213.46.255.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C0F8FC12 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:27:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandalf@shopzeus.com) Received: from [192.168.1.103] (really [80.99.119.182]) by viefep19-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.7.08.02.02 201-2186-121-104-20070414) with ESMTP id <20080328111208.SVOO5883.viefep19-int.chello.at@[192.168.1.103]> for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:12:08 +0100 Message-ID: <47ECD287.1070305@shopzeus.com> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:12:07 +0100 From: Laszlo Nagy User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Compat question: MSI P35, Q6600 + RocketRAID (?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:28:00 -0000 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