From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 28 17:53:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B1BF1065670 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:53:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from juri_mian@yahoo.com) Received: from n71.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (n71.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [98.136.44.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 491348FC18 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:53:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from juri_mian@yahoo.com) Received: from [216.252.122.219] by n71.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Mar 2009 17:40:34 -0000 Received: from [69.147.65.165] by t4.bullet.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Mar 2009 17:40:34 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp500.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Mar 2009 17:40:34 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 433965.68838.bm@omp500.mail.sp1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 178 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Mar 2009 17:40:34 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1238262034; bh=EHueQM6FqVBXsn0fjDFkdBLSu/sWCrD/G5shdle2ja8=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=MOj9b0+kl4r9rD6wRuK+m6gA32Dlac4d//N0SjhJO40HXhRr1XDmvsMLJPWkjLaJs6/L/1r7HB77d3UP8cY/54f/zhgFGQPLa3qirABTCTT2K51Gn2qPST44FwqflFm8gW9/ZQzdotNyFJU36K54bCSUOYJ2rkkeFRYVutx1onk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=sjDXZfUSstaruQ41DGMvrsvbAG9eFVRg4UTSsEmc+C4l708DmW4AWeBZC7MzzRXl4ETMdm67e1GDu/1zdAdZfZT6gelIN+cRjoJGDRuHpmzmJMEz6sNfqydiJkKUdTkmjlmOhhavQp6Cj3qhsoQLbSQnW8cJ5QEpPFx3SX0Xmes=; Message-ID: <286854.110.qm@web45606.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: KR7HVykVM1kjTSvm2sjPJwfargQBi8eAJQHJHkEa01neRoHKRuABEJpIi5Hbq_BySgfe5VEUAShgdCF0XZom8sXpS.88t4hMJk9dpiotTLlbqAcdMe940syRD9G_mqRq0VTnLd9M61hVQd5PTQKz.QhJhhRW8zdWf7iPpbTvgAA55kJ5bl7RmuzLbNfXQlDgXXAQyr9s781YFGd3mNtO_vc9SD7tuda6W6R8N_KtnjMS8Cu.kjY- Received: from [71.63.232.32] by web45606.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:40:33 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/5.1.20 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.1 Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:40:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Juri Mianovich To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:25:05 +0000 Subject: quick advice needed RE: Intel Integrated Server RAID and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:53:41 -0000 Hello, I am considering this motherboard: http://www.intel.com/products/server/motherboards/S5000PSL/S5000PSL-overview.htm The Intel S5000 PSL Server board, with "Intel Integrated Server RAID". I plan on using the onboard raid for a simple boot mirror. I have two quick questions: 1. What chipset/controller is this "Intel Integrated Server RAID" and is it well supported in FreeBSD ? Will sysinstall recognize it ? Is there a CLI tool ofr viewing status once FreeBSD is running ? 2. Is this _real_ hardware raid ? As in, FreeBSD will know _nothing_ about the raid and will simply see one disk (which is a mirror) ? I am seeing discussion that I don't understand about how this is somehow software raid, but If it's all built on the board ... ? Performance isn't a real issue since it is just a boot mirror. I just want to hide the raid layer from the OS and do my raid work (rebuilds, etc.) through the BIOS. Thanks.