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,=20 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 =20 to do software RAID. The box actually has a hardware RAID but it is =20 somehow disabled since I didn't pay extra for it... I can access the =20 BIOS and set up the RAID volume but it fails at boot. So they are =20 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 =20 and/or partitions: gvinum gmirror atacontrol Any opinions on which has both qualities: easy to configure/manage =20 (ie, recover after failure) and performance? The handbook RAID page =20 doesn't even mention gmirror. The atacontrol seems very simple to =20 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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