Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:51:19 +0200 From: Ben Stuyts <ben@altesco.nl> To: Chris Foote <chris@inetd.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stable on Supermicro server? Message-ID: <EB5FA6F2-D52F-11D8-A28E-000A959CFF76@altesco.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040714093019.T7033@sushi.cryptofish.com> References: <C42AD578-D509-11D8-A28E-000A959CFF76@altesco.nl> <20040714093019.T7033@sushi.cryptofish.com>
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On 14 Jul 2004, at 02:12, Chris Foote wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Ben Stuyts wrote: > >> I am planning on building a FreeBSD server with a Supermicro 5013C-T >> 1U server. It has a Supermicro P4SCE motherboard, with a P4 of around >> 2.8 GHz, and 512MB or 1 GB memory. I am planning on adding two >> Western Digital Raptor 74 GB SATA drives in mirror. > The SATA RAID controller, although it provides a 'legacy' option > which should expose the RAID as an ordinary device, doesn't work > despite the fact that both disk drives' LEDs flash when RAID 1 is > enabled ;-( The RAID isn't supported by almost any operating system. So I'm not sure I understand fully: is there a way to connect the sata drives to the onboard ich5 controller, and make them work as separate (not raid) devices? In that case I could use vinum. Thanks, Ben
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