Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:30:57 -0500 From: Chris Knight <cknight@ghostwheel.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LSI MegaRaid ATA 133-2 install question Message-ID: <40169241.7050702@ghostwheel.com> In-Reply-To: <004101c3e4f1$fe68acf0$0a01a8c0@pluto> References: <401610E4.70604@ghostwheel.com> <xzpwu7dtw3r.fsf@dwp.des.no> <40168BA0.5090308@ghostwheel.com> <004101c3e4f1$fe68acf0$0a01a8c0@pluto>
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Thanks Andrew, That certainly goes along with the results of my testing on this unit. Would you happen to know if I purchased a Promise card, is it capable of auto-rebuilding the mirror when a drive is replaced, or does that have to be done at the console using the board's BIOS? I've been using vinum for years, but I am now spoiled by my DAC960 cards and how they will auto-rebuild a replaced drive. I think ATA RAID controllers have a long way to go... -Chris Andrew Chan wrote: > If I remember correctly, the LSI MegaRaid ATA 133-2 is just a Sil0680 board > with a fancier customized BIOS. > > FreeBSD 4.x (not sure about 5.x, but likely not) doesn't support the Sil0680 > chip in RAID mode. It only supports it as a normal IDE ATA100/133 non-RAID > controller. > > The only ATA RAID cards/chips that FreeBSD 4.x supports are HighPoint 370 > (36x?) and the Promise line of chips. > > Andrew
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