From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 2 21:26:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8718716A420 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 21:26:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from helge.oldach@atosorigin.com) Received: from mizar.origin-it.net (mizar.origin-it.net [194.8.96.234]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A6E743D45 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 21:26:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from helge.oldach@atosorigin.com) Received: from matar.hbg.de.int.atosorigin.com (dehsfw3e.origin-it.net [194.8.96.68]) by mizar.origin-it.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/hmo020206) with ESMTP id k22LQgi4020967 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:26:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from helge.oldach@atosorigin.com) Received: from DEHHX001.deuser.de.intra (dehhx001.hbg.de.int.atosorigin.com [161.90.164.119]) by matar.hbg.de.int.atosorigin.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/hmo020206) with ESMTP id k22LQgps051665; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:26:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from helge.oldach@atosorigin.com) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:26:40 +0100 Message-ID: <39AFDF50473FED469B15B6DFF2262F7A928070@DEHHX001.deuser.de.intra> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: opinion on which software RAID to use Thread-Index: AcY+LaoztYXhP/t4ThmsYy6KvPjAlgAEaQEg From: To: , Cc: Subject: RE: opinion on which software RAID to use X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:26:45 -0000 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"