Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 21:43:54 -0400 From: Bob Bomar <bob@bomar.us> To: Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: P-ATA RAID: 3Ware 7000-2 or Promise SX6000? Message-ID: <20030718014354.GA1654@chaos.fxp.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030717175850.034b56c0@mail.speakeasy.net> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030717175850.034b56c0@mail.speakeasy.net>
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On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 06:25:23PM -0700, Matt Staroscik wrote:
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> I have posted recently about my fight with an Adaptec 2400A. Short versio=
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> I am losing! It's time to consider plan B, so I am researching other RAID=
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> hardware choices.
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> I am looking for a bootable, true hardware P-ATA RAID controller that wil=
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> let me create a RAID-1 mirror to safeguard my boot volume. This will be f=
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> my home web/email/file server, so I do not require blistering speed. I al=
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> do not require the ability to rebuild the array while the system is up --=
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> using the card's BIOS will be fine, I can take the downtime. In fact I=20
> PREFER to do all RAID management in the BIOS.
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I have the Promise TX2 ATA100 controller:
atapci1: <Promise TX2 ATA100 controller>
ad4: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
ad6: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
ar0: 113487MB <ATA RAID1 array> [14467/255/63] status: READY subdisks:
0 READY ad4: 114440MB <WDC WD1200JB-75CRA0> [232514/16/63] at ata2-master =
UDMA33
ad4: SuperSwap enclosure [FAN:4066rpm TEMP:29.0C 5.103V 11.895V]
1 READY ad6: 114440MB <WDC WD1200JB-75CRA0> [232514/16/63] at ata3-master =
UDMA33
ad6: SuperSwap enclosure [FAN:3924rpm TEMP:31.0C 5.049V 11.834V]
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use atacontrol:
[bob@dakota] ~>sudo atacontrol status ar0
ar0: ATA RAID1 subdisks: ad4 ad6 status: READY
[bob@dakota] ~>sudo atacontrol enclosure 3 0
fan RPM: 4166 temp: 31.0 5V: 5.05 12V: 11.83
[bob@dakota] ~>sudo atacontrol enclosure 2 0
fan RPM: 4166 temp: 31.0 5V: 5.05 12V: 11.83
I have the SuperSwap enclosures which allow me to hot swap the drives.
I do beleve that it will support the 160G drives.
Here is the link:
http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?productId=3D93&family=
Id=3D7
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Bob Bomar
bob@bomar.us
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