From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 08:27:34 2004 Return-Path: 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 74ED016A4CE for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 08:27:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mk-smarthost-4.mail.uk.tiscali.com (mk-smarthost-4.mail.uk.tiscali.com [212.74.114.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 025E243D41 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 08:27:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adam@otterycomputers.com) Received: from dsl-80-46-175-162.access.uk.tiscali.com ([80.46.175.162]:60041 helo=postman.oocltd.dom) by mk-smarthost-4.mail.uk.tiscali.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BRBva-000Pph-3c; Fri, 21 May 2004 16:27:18 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postman.oocltd.dom (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2DD28B9; Fri, 21 May 2004 16:27:08 +0100 (BST) Received: from postman.oocltd.dom ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (postman.oocltd.dom [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00194-05; Fri, 21 May 2004 16:27:06 +0100 (BST) Received: from postman.oocltd.dom (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postman.oocltd.dom (Postfix) with ESMTP id 108708B4; Fri, 21 May 2004 16:27:06 +0100 (BST) Received: (from www@localhost) by postman.oocltd.dom (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i4LFR5p3002769; Fri, 21 May 2004 16:27:05 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from adam@otterycomputers.com) X-Authentication-Warning: postman.oocltd.dom: www set sender to adam@otterycomputers.com using -f Received: from 192.168.0.4 ([192.168.0.4]) by 192.168.0.253 (IMP) with HTTP for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 16:27:05 +0100 Message-ID: <1085153225.40ae1fc973ff9@192.168.0.253> Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 16:27:05 +0100 From: adam@otterycomputers.com To: Patrick Hurrelmann References: <003301c43f36$a78c7340$0b02a8c0@justin> <40AE18E8.90302@outi.echsi.de> <40AE1A29.8080300@outi.echsi.de> In-Reply-To: <40AE1A29.8080300@outi.echsi.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.3 / FreeBSD-4.9 X-Originating-IP: 192.168.0.4 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at otterycomputers.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID 5 Adapters and FreeBSD 5.2.1 (was: Intel chipsets and FreeBSD) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 15:27:34 -0000 Hmm well the cheepest 3ware RAID 5 SATA card is about =A3240 which is lik= e =A3100 more than my budget would strecth too, shame those 3ware cards look real = nice. Also I think they are 64bit pci, i only have 32bit pci :-( Im guessing that mmy best bet then is to get some sort of supported SATA controller and then to use Vinum on top to do the RAID stuff. Can anyone = make a well supported but under =A3140 recommendation. Shame coz those promise ones look wicked and fit my budget. Can anyone tell me how difficult it would be to develop a driver for the = promise card, I have experience of C and C++ amongst others and am fairly knowled= gable about PC's and Hardware but have never had to look so low-level as writti= ng a driver. Thanks Adam. > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > My aim is to have FreeBSD 5.2.1 running on my system with 3 x 80GB > IDE Hard > > disks in a RAID 5 configuration. > > I want FreeBSD 5.x becuase my machine is a Multi-processor and I wan= t > to take > > advantage of the SMP code in 5.x. > > > > My question is this - whats the best way to acheive this? > > > > Should I use Vinum to acheive the Raid 5 bit, or whats this new Geom > thingy, > > also I would prefer a RAID adapter card providing they are cheap eno= ugh > > (because the performance is better in hardware, isnt it?) ? > > > > Also what is the support for SATA like, Ideally I would like to have > SATA Hard > > Disks. I had consulted the HCL for FreeBSD 5.2.1 but it seems > incomplete as it > > doesnt list the Intel ICH5 SATA controller yet I know this works fin= e! > > Two products look interesting which could help me here, but i am > unsure of the > > support for FreeBSD, could someone tell me whether either of these > two products > > are suppored and if not recommend something that is - > > > > 1) Promise FastTrak S150 SX4. > > > > 2) Promise FastTrak SX4000 Lite. > > > > > > Thanks Adam Retter > > Patrick Hurrelmann wrote: > > Hi, > actually there is no raid 5 support for Promise (ATA-Controller in > general) in 5.x. I don'T know much about Vinum, but you may use Vinum > Raid5. > Another solution would be a 3Ware SATA Raid-Controller using twe-driv= er. > > Patrick > > > Sorry, I replied wrong message ;) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.