From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 19 19:53:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 532CD16A402 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:53:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dom@helenmarks.co.uk) Received: from mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk (mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk [83.223.104.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4422443D70 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:53:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dom@helenmarks.co.uk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CEA11464; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:53:43 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 98576-10; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:53:42 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.helenmarks.co.uk (unknown [192.168.100.1]) by mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD0AD11463; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:53:42 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.helenmarks.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334F617031; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:53:42 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.helenmarks.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.helenmarks.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 57548-01; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:53:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.15.3] (egg.helenmarks.co.uk [192.168.15.3]) by mail.helenmarks.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4587B17030; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:53:41 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4446956A.50806@helenmarks.co.uk> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:54:18 +0100 From: Dominic Marks User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060403) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ondra Holecek References: <444677A7.3090604@deprese.net> In-Reply-To: <444677A7.3090604@deprese.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at helenmarks.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: mail.goodforbusiness.co.uk Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kouwell ata raid X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:53:46 -0000 Ondra Holecek wrote: > hello, > > i'm looking for some cheap hardware ata raid (mirror) for freebsd 6 > > i think about KOUWELL KW-571B, it uses Silicon Image Sil 0680 chip. > > I heard that this chip was not supported in FreeBSD, but as I look to > "man ad", it seems, it is supported now. > > My question is, does somebody use it? and works it? is there some > management software (ie. disk failure signalization)? If it is anything like the previous Sil chipsets it will not be reliable. I'd be very sceptical about it indeed. I would be interested if you could provide some information on your experiences with it. Also if is worth knowing that at least on some "hardware" RAID implementations they are not really hardware at all (from what I understand). This is true one at least one system (a low-end Dell PowerEdge). HTH, Dominic > Thank for help > Ondra > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"