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Subject: Re: Intel ICH7R RAID controller working on 6.1/STABLE?
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H. Wade Minter wrote:
> I'm considering ordering some of these servers to run FreeBSD 6.1 or 
> 6-STABLE on, but they have Intel ICH7R RAID controllers on them.  
> Googling around, I'm seeing conflicting information as to whether or 
> they work, or work well enough to use in production.

The chipset is supported, but i wouldn't recommend onboard raid for any 
production server. Get a real raid controller, or use gmirror if you 
plan to mirror. I use several of these board sin production with gmirror.