Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:10:37 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: Dimiter Ivanov <erazorbg@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: <SiI 3114 SATA150 controller> the proper way to find if RAID is supported. Message-ID: <49D26AAD.8020200@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <7cc8007f0903310858u43844e3as38a43cbdd610942e@mail.gmail.com> References: <7cc8007f0903310858u43844e3as38a43cbdd610942e@mail.gmail.com>
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On 31/3/09 16:58, Dimiter Ivanov wrote: > Hello, i have a Silicon Image SATA controler, which is identified as: > <SiI 3114 SATA150 controller> > > It has 4 ports, and supports RAID. > I configured the RAID trough the BIOS, but FreeBSD 7.1, does not see > the RAID arrays, only 4 separate disks. > > I searched the mailing lists, and there are few messages saying that > the RAID setup of this controller is not supported. > > Only those messages are 3-5 years old. > I want to know where can I find a definite information, if this > feature is supported now? > The 3114 is a "fakeraid" controller (FreeBSD call it ataraid, linux calls it dmraid,) all the processing is still done by the CPU so no gain over using software RAID. I've never used it but man 4 ataraid for driver details. Vince > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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