From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jun 22 1:15: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from zero.namba1.com (zero.namba1.com [64.75.169.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA07937B401 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:15:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aaron@namba1.com) Received: from [134.173.120.114] by zero.namba1.com (NTMail 5.02.0001/QC8568.34.ce8cdec7) with ESMTP id hrbbaaaa for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 22:14:48 -1000 From: "Aaron Namba" To: "Kal Torak" , "Enriko Groen" Cc: "'Aris Stathakis'" , Subject: RE: RAID/vinum options (mail server) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:14:47 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <3B32ED0E.69095793@quake.com.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I can vouch that most of the onboard raid options are not very speedy, and it's not just the inherent slowness and cpu-intensiveness IDE. The hardware is just slow. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kal Torak Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:01 AM To: Enriko Groen Cc: 'Aris Stathakis'; freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID/vinum options (mail server) Enriko Groen wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aris Stathakis [mailto:aris@sco.COM] > > > Has anyone had any success with the various inexpensive EIDE raid > > controllers available? Some are built into motherboards - others are > > add-in cards like the KW-571H for which there are Linux drivers. > > I heard some bad things (data loss) about a certain Asus motherboard with an > onboard EIDE RAID controller. Not sure which type. Although I have to admit > that these result were based on tests with Windows 9x. I think a lot of these motherboards with "onboard raid" are really "onboard software raid"... Its probably best to buy a seperate controller with the specs you want than getting an onboard one... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message