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Date:      Thu, 13 Dec 2001 21:35:45 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        ravi pina <ravi@cow.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IDE RAID Revisited
Message-ID:  <20011213213544.A14981@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <20011213222001.E4731@happy.cow.org>; from ravi@cow.org on Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:20:01PM -0500
References:  <20011213222001.E4731@happy.cow.org>

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:20:01PM -0500, ravi pina wrote:
> can anyone suggest a good mobo that has onboard
> ide raid?  does such a best exist?  i recall
> seeing one a few months ago, but don't remember
> what make and comparability.

The onboard IDE raid controlers are crap.  They provide almost no
protection against anything and pretty much no performance gain either.
If you want protection use a real IDE raid controler like the 3ware
Escalade series.  If you want performance use ccd or vinum.

-- Brooks

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