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Date:      Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:11:12 -0400
From:      Javier Henderson <Javier@KJSL.COM>
To:        Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel ICH7R RAID controller working on 6.1/STABLE?
Message-ID:  <20060715011112.GB32358@skyhawk.kjsl.com>
In-Reply-To: <44B8094C.3040007@rogers.com>
References:  <20060714165735.L15214@bunning.skiltech.com> <44B8094C.3040007@rogers.com>

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* Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> [060714 17:15]:
> 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.

Why do you recommend against on-board RAID controllers?

-jav



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