Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:35:07 -0700 From: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: "Erik Trulsson" <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de>, current@freebsd.org, "Sean C. Farley" <scf@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0806291235r532ecc3exf9fedc9457b1613a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080629163931.GA21334@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <7d6fde3d0806280129i31874960ofbc7627598e1426f@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806280348r65875755pf7dc3917bba2bcb5@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806280349j7eace513idb5cd81f9e2e4e0a@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080628132240.0255ba38@mail.computinginnovations.com> <7d6fde3d0806281410r781a6a77k98ffe237c10e3eee@mail.gmail.com> <D0A03968-B9F2-4EF8-B754-D0EFA90A9C1E@FreeBSD.ORG> <7d6fde3d0806282011x472f8d27s955a8e1ab43a7341@mail.gmail.com> <F8F21D91-0BF9-4525-A397-D2632821C7E5@ultra-secure.de> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0806291059000.76234@thor.farley.org> <20080629163931.GA21334@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > > For hardware-based RAID controllers this disadvantage is usually more than > offset by extra performance and (especially for the good cards with > battery-backed chaches) extra reliability. Such cards are rarely cheap > though. Yup. I just spent ~$600 on a RAID card from 3ware with a battery backup. Disheartening, but that's probably going to be the same cost as data recovery. -Garrett
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