From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 13:55: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A87A737B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:55:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from sage-one.net (adsl-65-71-135-137.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.71.135.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D4A343E91 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:55:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Received: from sagea (sagea [192.168.0.3]) by sage-one.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id gALLssD56284; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:54:55 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20021121155455.00eb1e70@mail.sage-one.net> X-Sender: jackstone@mail.sage-one.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:54:55 -0600 To: Mark , , "Alvaro Gil" From: "Jack L. Stone" Subject: Re: RAID Recomendation In-Reply-To: <200211212140.GALLEEI51644@asarian-host.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 10:40 PM 11.21.2002 +0100, Mark wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Alvaro Gil" >To: >Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:51 PM >Subject: RAID Recomendation > >> 1 - Can I do this with software? I have read sections 12 and 13 >> but I am still a bit confused if I can back up the entire disk? >> That is, if one fails will it boot with the other? I would like to >> mirror everything, including the OS. >> >> 2 - If I need a card what card would you recommend? Price is >> the main concern, performance is not, I just want security. >> Also a two channel is suffice. > > >I would go for the hardware; software RAID just ain't worth the hassle. :) > >I use an ASUS board, the A7V333. It has an on-board RAID-controller, from >which you can boot easily; it supports RAID 0 and RAID 1, and is a high >quality motherboard altogether; and the whole thing will only set you back >around $120,--. > >- Mark The $120.00 works IF he can move the CPU, memory, etc. over to the ASUS. I agree with the hardware RAID approach too..... just check the hardware list for the supported ones. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message