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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--WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 06:25:23PM -0700, Matt Staroscik wrote: >=20 > I have posted recently about my fight with an Adaptec 2400A. Short versio= n:=20 > I am losing! It's time to consider plan B, so I am researching other RAID= =20 > hardware choices. >=20 > I am looking for a bootable, true hardware P-ATA RAID controller that wil= l=20 > let me create a RAID-1 mirror to safeguard my boot volume. This will be f= or=20 > my home web/email/file server, so I do not require blistering speed. I al= so=20 > do not require the ability to rebuild the array while the system is up --= =20 > 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. >=20 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] And it works great. Because of Soren's ATA code, you are able to=20 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 --=20 Bob Bomar bob@bomar.us ----------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/F1DZ9Jm/aTrtdKoRAmDPAJ9xdeqYVRDcZNWus8cj4NfQoSWtIwCgl4WR If3natc5claruIVruWGNRz8= =7DPD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu--
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