From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 17 11:44:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10AA416A420 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:44:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from ford.blinkenlights.nl (ford.blinkenlights.nl [213.204.211.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7822143D48 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:43:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from tea.blinkenlights.nl (tea.blinkenlights.nl [192.168.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ford.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D339D179CFA; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:43:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id 6A5ED286; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:43:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28569E7; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:43:58 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:43:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans To: Oliver Lehmann In-Reply-To: <20050817052950.2121.qmail@avocado.salatschuessel.net> Message-ID: References: <20050817052950.2121.qmail@avocado.salatschuessel.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LSI Logic MegaRAID SATA 150-4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:44:00 -0000 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