From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 1 20:44:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0A9C16A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:44:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp1.powertech.no (smtp1.powertech.no [195.159.0.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BDBC43D1F for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:44:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frode@nordahl.net) Received: from [192.168.1.36] (ti211110a080-1782.bb.online.no [80.212.198.246]) by smtp1.powertech.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAAB38577; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:44:14 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Frode Nordahl Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:44:13 +0200 To: "Mitch (bitblock)" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: Josh Paetzel cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance RAID setup... X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 20:44:17 -0000 On Sep 1, 2004, at 10:38, Mitch (bitblock) wrote: > The new board supports "HOSTRAID" - not sure what that is, but neither > is > anyone at intel support ;-) Adaptec HostRAID is not supported in FreeBSD as of now. I believe that HostRAID really means that the OS driver does all the work. The fact that the Linux driver is closed source supports this. > SRCZCRX seems most appropriate for me. My goal - after discussion and > feedback from the list is to run RAID mirror sets of 10K scsi > drives... so > hardware xor speed isn't important - it's quite a basic setup. > > If I use the old generation boards, the SCRZCR will be appropriate - > but it > doesn't work - except on the beta? So the hope of seeing the SCRZCR > work is > slim eh? I do believe it works fine, the only problem was with the "storcon" management utility, not with anything else. I will have the chance to test SRCZCR on a SE7501WV2 board soon and will get back to you with the results. Mvh, Frode > Thanks again! > > m/ > >