From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 10 14:41:07 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE1DC106566B for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:41:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=5933e07fc=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-001.utdallas.edu (ip-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70E548FC0C for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:41:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvIEAFr7TVCBbgogTmdsb2JhbABFq1eQBAEBIoJrAQEEATgCRAsLDjhDFAYBEogKBgu7C4sThVZgA4hTjh6SDQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.80,398,1344229200"; d="scan'208";a="104518912" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO [129.110.200.11]) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 10 Sep 2012 09:39:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:39:49 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: Vincent Hoffman , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <504DC680.30708@unsane.co.uk> References: <20120909095412.00005a47@unknown> <504DC680.30708@unsane.co.uk> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.1.0a1 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; size=1130 Cc: Subject: Re: Dell Perc H200A X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:41:07 -0000 --On September 10, 2012 11:52:48 AM +0100 Vincent Hoffman wrote: > If you are happy to use the integrated RAID (IR) mode and let the > driver/card handle RAID then > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=231679 > brought in support for this and > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=237876 > a new version of the driver. > A 9.1-RC1 install iso should pick it up fine. > Thanks, VIncent. Does 8.3 also have the support? Just wondering in case 9.1 RC1 is flaky on this particular box. > > No idea if you want to use software RAID over JBOD (Just a bunch of > disks) mode though. > I would have thought hardware RAID would be better than software RAID. No? -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell