Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 15:41:52 +0100 From: Gabriel Ambuehl <gaml@buz.ch> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: SI3112A SATA controller RAID support? Message-ID: <6010479997.20040215154152@buz.ch> In-Reply-To: <402F7E61.1060304@DeepCore.dk> References: <1123980863.20040215144711@buz.ch> <402F7E61.1060304@DeepCore.dk>
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Hello Søren, Sunday, February 15, 2004, 3:12:49 PM, you wrote: >> I'm wondering if there's no RAID support for the SI3112A in current >> as my drives in a RAID1 array show up as ad4 and ad6 but not as ar0 in >> the setup. So if I want to use those SATA drives in a RAID1 array, do >> I really need to get another controller (presumably Highpoint based) >> (software RAID is out of question)? > All the ATA "RAID controllers" in this category are software based. > Support is depended on the BIOS type, as all that is needed is to know > the format of the RAID metadata stored on disk. Currently only HPT and > Promise formats are known, but I have code for AMI and Intel in the > works (but far from usable yet)... Then how come I can rebuild arrays on those pseudo RAID controllers but not those created with atacontrol directly (i.e. pure software)? (Or am I just doing something wrong?) Best regards, Gabriel
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