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Subject: Re: RAID in FreeBSD
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andy@neu.net wrote:

>According to the handbook it says:
>The twe driver provides support for the following series of ATA RAID con-
>     trollers:
>
>     o   Escalade 3W-5x00
>     o   Escalade 3W-6x00
>     o   Escalade 3W-7x00
>     o   Escalade 3W-8x00
>
>     These devices support 2, 4 or 8 ATA disk drives and provide RAID0
>(strip-
>     ing) and RAID1 (mirroring) functionality.
>
>I am considering buying a 3Ware Escalade 7506-4LP Kit, 4 port low profile
>ATA 133 PCI 64/66 RAID Controller to use RAID5.  The card supports
>level 5, my question is, is RAID5 supported on FreeBSD?  Does anyone have
>experience with this card good or bad?  Are there any other suggestions
>for lowcost IDE RAID5?
>
>TIA
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If you don't get SATA or SATA2 the card looks expensive, but I have only 
been shopping for a card for a few days so I can't give great advise on 
brands.  I would suggest storagereview.com for that.  

Have you tried emailing msmith@FreeBSD.org? 

Also FreeBSD can do raid5 with vinum, or gvinum now.  It uses the cpu 
and works with whatever controller but will be slower from what I have 
heard.