From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 10:01:57 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 7027D16A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:01:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.johnrshannon.com (mail.johnrshannon.com [69.20.155.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D289643D3F for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:01:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john@johnrshannon.com) Received: by mail.johnrshannon.com (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 2C535174DB; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:01:55 -0700 (MST) Received: from colleen.internal.johnrshannon.com (colleen.internal.johnrshannon.com [192.168.1.39]) by mail.johnrshannon.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB277174AA; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:01:49 -0700 (MST) Received: by colleen.internal.johnrshannon.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5A7A110507; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:01:56 -0700 (MST) From: "John R. Shannon" To: "Dr. Clark Mankin" , Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:01:47 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <000801c3d934$f6bd8c50$fd01a8c0@upyours> In-Reply-To: <000801c3d934$f6bd8c50$fd01a8c0@upyours> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401121101.56097.john@johnrshannon.com> Subject: Re: S-ATA RAID Controllers Revisited X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: john@johnrshannon.com List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:01:57 -0000 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I don't know about SATA RAID support, but, you might look at vinum to mirro= r=20 your drives if the hardware support is not there. It works quite well. On Monday 12 January 2004 10:53 am, Dr. Clark Mankin wrote: > Hello, Everyone. > > I have just completely replaced my server farm with new machines built > around the Asus A7N8X system board which includes a pair of these RAID > controllers on the board. The Windoze driver supports RAID 0 interleaving > for faster performance or RAID 1 to create mirrored pairs. > > FreeBSD 5.1 found the RAID controller but failed to install a driver. I'm > not certain whether I might need to roll a custom kernel for that function > or if I might find a 3rd party driver that will work. Really all I want = is > RAID 1. I have a file server and mirrored pairs meet my particular need > best. > > For those of you who might want to experiment a bit, two brand new hard > drives by the same manufacturer and of the same size can be mirrored very > satisfactorily using rsync. This is not "RAID" in the strict sense of the > word, however the end results are so similar that I doubt anyone > blindfolded would know whether the drive had been mirrored with a RAID > controller or with rsync. > > Since I have the raid controllers I thought I'd try them - if I can get a > driver. If not then I'll use "plan b" and mirror a drive in each enclosu= re > using rsync as a nightly procedure in addition to my regular backup > routine. > > If any of you intrepid Digital Pioneers know of an appropriate driver, > please share your knowledge. > > Thanks and I hope your day is filled with joy and prosperity. > > D. Clark Mankin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" =2D --=20 John R. Shannon john@johnrshannon.com =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (NetBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkAC4RIACgkQOKbCxya4HYvRKQCgjtcSaaYT7VONLZ4WndQwAPEE aXgAn2XSAmj+cmUuPE6RKXSuSmJ7OVB3 =3D+Vyo =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----