From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 25 08:21:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F50F106564A for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:21:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7BBC8FC15 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:21:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m2P8LmRQ028700; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:21:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "tomasz dereszynski" , "Tom Munro Glass" Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:23:02 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <47E860B7.60402@paraklet.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:21:51 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: RAID on HP ML110 G5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:21:53 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of tomasz > dereszynski > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 6:17 PM > To: Tom Munro Glass > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: RAID on HP ML110 G5 > > > Tom Munro Glass wrote: > > I would like to run FreeBSD 7 on a HP ML110 G5. I understand > from past posts > > to this list that the ML110 series is FreeBSD friendly, but > what about RAID 1 > > using the on-board SATA controller? Will this work and how do > you set this > > up? > > > > Regards > > > > Tom Munro Glass > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > i would recommend to build RAID1 using gmirror instead as then you can > use smartd to monitor drives what isnt possible (AFAIK) with hardware > RAID on those boxes. > Untrue. Those boxes use regular sata raid chipsets that are supported by the ata driver and are easily monitored. Note that the "hardware" raid on those boxes - being sata raid - isn't a true hardware raid. The only true sata hardware raid under FreeBSD that I know of are the 3ware and hipoint cards Ted