From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 15 01:13:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBBBE16A4E0 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:13:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from javier@skyhawk.kjsl.com) Received: from skyhawk.kjsl.com (skyhawk.kjsl.com [69.36.241.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C246743D70 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:12:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from javier@skyhawk.kjsl.com) Received: by skyhawk.kjsl.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 52331B83B6; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:12:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:12:54 -0400 From: Javier Henderson To: "H. Wade Minter" Message-ID: <20060715011254.GC32358@skyhawk.kjsl.com> References: <20060714165735.L15214@bunning.skiltech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060714165735.L15214@bunning.skiltech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel ICH7R RAID controller working on 6.1/STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:13:00 -0000 * H. Wade Minter [060714 17:01]: > 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 server specs are here: > > http://store.ebizpc.com/su5018.html > > Can anyone confirm or deny its support under FreeBSD? I've 6.1-RELEASE on an Intel D945PVS, which has the ICH7R with four 320 GB SATA drives in a RAID 5 configuration. It works fine, and I did put it through its paces before I started storing valuable data. -jav