Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:27:26 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: Grandpa Walrus <root@web-walrus.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID and FreeBSD Message-ID: <392EDE2E.A47A17DE@wmptl.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000526144502.13621A-100000@iceberg.web-walrus.com>
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Grandpa Walrus wrote: > > I stumbled across a controller card that can support hot-swappable IDE > drives (the card is from a company called Promise Technologies) > > URL for what I saw is http://www.365usa.com/promisetech.asp > > Have any of you ever used this product with FreeBSD successfully? If not, > do you know of a good vendor for IDE hot-swap RAID controller cards > and drive mounts? > > Any info, as always, would be greatly appreciated. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message We looked at using those same cards. BTW, the site is http://www.promise.com/. The hot-swap does work, however the RAID function(s) of the card are software based, and thus unsupported by FreeBSD's drivers. You can utilize the controller(s) for hot-swap IDE, but for the RAID portion of it you'll probably have to use a software based solution, (ie Vinum). I'd reccomend looking at the 3ware, (http://www.3ware.com/), ATA Raid cards if IDE RAID is something you're really interested in doing. Right now I'm working on a server that requires redundant hot-swappable storage as well, but I opted to go with a Mylex controller, and SCSI UW disks instead of ATA. (I have an eight-port 3Ware ATA 66 RAID controller I'm toying with right now, but it does not support hot-swapping drives.) -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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