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Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive
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>> I'm pretty fed up with Intel's ICH9R interface too so I'm hoping
>> (crosses fingers) that I'll be able to afford an Adaptec card of some
>> flavor that's compatible with -CURRENT.
> If you are looking to move up, look at the 3ware RAID cards.  Not sure
> which models work with FreeBSD, but these card do perform very well.

these days, i get the most reliable simple non-raid card and run zfs
with a gmirrored root partition.

randy