From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 10:56:53 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 C2F9216A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:56:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlmail.gnax.net (atlmail.dv2.net [209.51.128.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F3843D80 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:56:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhinkle@gnax.net) Received: from atlmail.dv2.net (atlmail.gnax.net [209.51.128.18] (may be forged)) by atlmail.gnax.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with SMTP id i0CIpitm021737 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:51:44 -0500 Received: from 209.51.128.16 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhinkle) by atlmail.dv2.net with HTTP; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:51:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <52490.209.51.128.16.1073933504.squirrel@atlmail.dv2.net> In-Reply-To: <000801c3d934$f6bd8c50$fd01a8c0@upyours> References: <000801c3d934$f6bd8c50$fd01a8c0@upyours> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:51:44 -0500 (EST) From: jhinkle@gnax.net To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.1-0.2.7.x MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Subject: Re: S-ATA RAID Controllers Revisited 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: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:56:53 -0000 we have the same problem. > 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 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 > enclosure 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.org" >