Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:16:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "H. Wade Minter" <minter@lunenburg.org> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel ICH7R RAID controller working on 6.1/STABLE? Message-ID: <20060714171555.X15214@bunning.skiltech.com> In-Reply-To: <44B8094C.3040007@rogers.com> References: <20060714165735.L15214@bunning.skiltech.com> <44B8094C.3040007@rogers.com>
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Mike Jakubik wrote: > 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. So if I run the disks in non-RAID mode, and/or use software RAID, they should work? --Wade
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