From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 01:10:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B556A106564A for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 01:10:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA6E8FC14 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 01:10:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.43]) by QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id bD2g1a0050vyq2s55DAH71; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:10:18 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id bDAM1a00H2P6wsM3RDANNV; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:10:22 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=X6I1VAprBtAA:10 a=4y2W-BVmSjsA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=CdiApmWrwEQizTBRc5wA:9 a=m1TURAvJtLQZUWhIc8YHy-iEZ8QA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7421AC9419; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:10:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:10:21 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: chilo Message-ID: <20081105011021.GA62277@icarus.home.lan> References: <513215.77035.qm@web53801.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <513215.77035.qm@web53801.mail.re2.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard Recommendation for Freebsd 7.0 32-bit or 64-bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:10:35 -0000 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 |