From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 16 23:11:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55E1916A40F for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:11:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan@digitaldaemon.com) Received: from digitaldaemon.com (digitaldaemon.com [63.105.9.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26C4113C442 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:11:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan@digitaldaemon.com) Received: (qmail 48880 invoked by uid 98); 16 Jan 2007 23:11:21 -0000 Received: from 63.105.9.34 by digitaldaemon.com (envelope-from , uid 89) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.87/1195. Clear:RC:1(63.105.9.34):. Processed in 0.709396 secs); 16 Jan 2007 23:11:21 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: jan@digitaldaemon.com via digitaldaemon.com X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.25 (Clear:RC:1(63.105.9.34):. Processed in 0.709396 secs) Received: from digitaldaemon.com (HELO ?160.63.102.2?) (63.105.9.34) by digitaldaemon.com with SMTP; 16 Jan 2007 23:11:20 -0000 Message-ID: <45AD5B93.2000100@digitaldaemon.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:11:15 -0500 From: Jan Knepper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD ISP References: <45AD4128.4080903@digitaldaemon.com> <45AD5A05.8060703@deepcore.dk> In-Reply-To: <45AD5A05.8060703@deepcore.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= Subject: Re: SATA Raid Controlller replacement card... X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:11:31 -0000 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 > > >