Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:43:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> To: Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LSI Logic MegaRAID SATA 150-4 Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0508171337300.29769@tea.blinkenlights.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050817052950.2121.qmail@avocado.salatschuessel.net> References: <20050817052950.2121.qmail@avocado.salatschuessel.net>
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > since my fileservers bootdisk died this night, I'm toying with the idea to > move over to a SATA-RAID setup. > Are there any known problems with LSI Logic > MegaRAID SATA 150-4 and FreeBSD 6.0 around? nope, it works just fine, it's even listed in the amr manpage. > Is it easy to attach a 4th disk > later and enlarge the 3disk RAID-5 setup I plan to start with? That's a controller issue primarily, although you will have to expand the freebsd slice, which might require some magicks, or a backup/restore. > Is there a FreeBSD tool around for managing the controler like > mlxcontrol for Mylex controlers? If not, can I manage it through it's > BIOS interface or am I stuck to MS-DOS or worse MS-Windows? there is an open source monitoring tool ( not management ). The card is fully bios manageble. > Anything else I should know about this > controller before I'm gioing to buy it? I'd purchase the 300-8x, which should have a substantially faster onboard cpu. The 150-x is a bit of a dog compared to other current sata raid options. most of these questions arent freebsd specific, and quite offtopic for current@ list .... -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem
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