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Fluffles wrote:
> Onboard RAID does not really exist. The actual RAID is done by drivers;
> onboard RAID is actually software RAID with a minor RAID BIOS which can
> write metainformation about the array configuration and has BIOS
> bootstrap support. This is also called "fake RAID". FreeBSD does support
> some fake RAID metainformation though, by reading the metainfo from the
> disks and assigning it's own software RAID-mechanism to it. For
> information of which metainformation formats are supported, checkout the
> ataraid(4) manpage:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ataraid&apropos=0&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE&format=html
>   

Thank you, what are the disadvantages of a fake RAID? I was planning to 
setup my server with raid 1, But will it still boot when 1 harddisk fails?