From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 29 19:35:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92E331065681 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:35:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C28D8FC0A for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:35:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so772867fgb.35 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:35:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=NltuFcHgQ5RnkRdpIIXuq4jKRkbqIllzRlidkMqonLQ=; b=V4Nxw01oqF5lhTuwPApm7/tpcp7YGpQjefSuoUQhC6vMtV5oz3OD9cdfsVtZdLxqhY EWP+Ib+lAFuOM8OZxe7e030vK/jVDXlxTSwqJaBg2RrSs/KP09exf0I94nyi6tjug6D0 NMK6a3zAH0HxiChwyNbLAEgPQka93qRNCkQOc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=WWXvYZKvNTjTTDpDuMbWbMEUhkJXGu/XtzOKD0zT4qdwH683MrgD574XhEbEVntFhy HNI2Uhmp2xYgcHD7DrKrrGEK64JhHalT+71R1l5TbJy5zQFKsGi0BhSEc18GBd/DjD/5 EpcBb8u2lPc3RogyxgM1p7c1l5AxrjUr9lnpo= Received: by 10.86.33.10 with SMTP id g10mr2625774fgg.14.1214768107110; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:35:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.51.1 with HTTP; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:35:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0806291235r532ecc3exf9fedc9457b1613a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:35:07 -0700 From: "Garrett Cooper" To: "Erik Trulsson" In-Reply-To: <20080629163931.GA21334@owl.midgard.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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> <7d6fde3d0806282011x472f8d27s955a8e1ab43a7341@mail.gmail.com> <20080629163931.GA21334@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Cc: Rainer Duffner , current@freebsd.org, "Sean C. Farley" Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:35:08 -0000 On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Erik Trulsson 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