Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:26:40 +0100 From: <Helge.Oldach@atosorigin.com> To: <vivek@khera.org>, <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: opinion on which software RAID to use Message-ID: <39AFDF50473FED469B15B6DFF2262F7A928070@DEHHX001.deuser.de.intra>
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Vivek, Frankly, for smaller, desktop-sized boxen I prefer atacontrol. Once set up at installation time, it just works. I even managed to hotswap drives on certain ATA controllers, provided that the drives are on different channels. On the server end, I still prefer SCSI-based hardware RAID. YMMV. Helge -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Vivek Khera Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:12 PM To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: opinion on which software RAID to use I have a stack of new boxes here with two SATA drives on which I plan to do software RAID. The box actually has a hardware RAID but it is somehow disabled since I didn't pay extra for it... I can access the BIOS and set up the RAID volume but it fails at boot. So they are configured as individual disks. The boxes are Dell PowerEdge 1425SC. Anyhow, I see at least three ways to set up a mirror of these drives and/or partitions: gvinum gmirror atacontrol Any opinions on which has both qualities: easy to configure/manage (ie, recover after failure) and performance? The handbook RAID page doesn't even mention gmirror. The atacontrol seems very simple to use, at least. Let me know what you think. Thanks! _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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