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From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Thomas Coppens <thomas.coppens@advalvas.be>
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Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on a RAID0 array with onboard RAID
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On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:54:30PM +0100, Thomas Coppens wrote:
> Data reliability isn't the biggest issue here, speed is. This Promise
> chip is a cheap solution and critical files are stored on a server
> (backup).

Then use vinum.  After boot this controler is nothing but another ATA
controler so you might as well disable the pointless pseudo-RAID support
and use a real software raid system instead.

-- Brooks

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