Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:10:21 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: chilo <olihc17@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard Recommendation for Freebsd 7.0 32-bit or 64-bit Message-ID: <20081105011021.GA62277@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <513215.77035.qm@web53801.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <513215.77035.qm@web53801.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 04:17:06PM -0800, chilo wrote: > Has anyone used an Intel board with raid compatibility? If I can't push hardware I guess I'm off to using software raid. many thanks. What is "RAID compatibility"? I have a feeling you're talking about BIOS-based Intel MatrixRAID, in which case, **do not use it**. There are bugs in the ata(4) layer which will bite you badly, including data loss even in RAID-1 situations. http://wiki.freebsd.org/JeremyChadwick/ATA_issues_and_troubleshooting Stick with OS-based software RAID. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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