From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 19 11:38:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6FC216A4CE for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:38:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail1.rolet.com (mail1.rolet.com [208.29.194.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AFF143D49 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:38:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rcovell@rolet.com) Received: from dev4 (dev4.rolet.com [208.29.194.9]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail1.rolet.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9JBXbBV036156; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:33:37 -0500 (CDT) From: "Robert Covell" To: "jason" , Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:43:53 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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: <4174442E.6030707@ec.rr.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: RAID in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: rcovell@rolet.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:38:31 -0000 I have a 7506-4LP running Raid 1 on a 4.8 box and it had been working like a charm. It is not low profile, but don't know why it would matter. Sincerely, Robert T. Covell President / Owner Rolet Internet Services, INC Web: www.rolet.com Email: rcovell@rolet.com Phone: 816.471.1095 Fax: 816.471.3447 24x7: 816.210.7145 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of jason Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 5:31 PM To: andy@neu.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID in FreeBSD andy@neu.net wrote: >According to the handbook it says: >The twe driver provides support for the following series of ATA RAID con- > trollers: > > o Escalade 3W-5x00 > o Escalade 3W-6x00 > o Escalade 3W-7x00 > o Escalade 3W-8x00 > > These devices support 2, 4 or 8 ATA disk drives and provide RAID0 >(strip- > ing) and RAID1 (mirroring) functionality. > >I am considering buying a 3Ware Escalade 7506-4LP Kit, 4 port low profile >ATA 133 PCI 64/66 RAID Controller to use RAID5. The card supports >level 5, my question is, is RAID5 supported on FreeBSD? Does anyone have >experience with this card good or bad? Are there any other suggestions >for lowcost IDE RAID5? > >TIA > >_______________________________________________ >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" > > > If you don't get SATA or SATA2 the card looks expensive, but I have only been shopping for a card for a few days so I can't give great advise on brands. I would suggest storagereview.com for that. Have you tried emailing msmith@FreeBSD.org? Also FreeBSD can do raid5 with vinum, or gvinum now. It uses the cpu and works with whatever controller but will be slower from what I have heard. _______________________________________________ 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"