Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:11:15 -0500 From: Jan Knepper <jan@digitaldaemon.com> To: FreeBSD ISP <FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@deepcore.dk> Subject: Re: SATA Raid Controlller replacement card... Message-ID: <45AD5B93.2000100@digitaldaemon.com> In-Reply-To: <45AD5A05.8060703@deepcore.dk> References: <45AD4128.4080903@digitaldaemon.com> <45AD5A05.8060703@deepcore.dk>
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Søren, Freddie, thanks for the response... Any suggestions on an affordable SATA Raid Card? Thanks! Jan Søren Schmidt wrote: > Jan Knepper wrote: >> Currently using the SiI 3114 SATA150 controller on the motherboard >> (Tyan2885). >> 2 *the same* SATA drives are attached, but not running SATA-RAID at >> the moment. >> >> Since I understand that this card does not really provide the RAID >> itself (and also does not seem as table as preferred on FreeBSD) I am >> wondering/considering obtaining a RAID card that does and possibly >> disabling the SiI 314 on the motherboard. >> >> However, the question is can that be done without having to >> reinstall? (I seem to recall that I can not just move SCSI drives >> from one interface to an interface of an other brand). > Except for eventual drive renumbering caused by the possible different > PCI bus location and depending on whether static devices numbering is > used or not, you can move drives around (S)ATA controllers all you like. > However if you have a softraid defined on the disks, that depends on > the controller BIOS to be maintained at the boot level. > > -Søren > > >
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