Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:54:20 +0100 From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> To: john@johnrshannon.com, "Dr. Clark Mankin" <cmankin@qwest.net>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: S-ATA RAID Controllers Revisited Message-ID: <78680000.1074106460@rambutan.pingpong.net> In-Reply-To: <200401121101.56097.john@johnrshannon.com> References: <000801c3d934$f6bd8c50$fd01a8c0@upyours> <200401121101.56097.john@johnrshannon.com>
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Apart from the RAID part, does serial ATA on Asus A7N8X work fine? With FreeBSD 4.9? I'm planning on buying one, so I'd love to the status,a nd opinions. Shall I get a S-ATA harddisk or a standard plain ATA one? /Palle --On Monday, January 12, 2004 11:01:47 -0700 "John R. Shannon" <john@johnrshannon.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I don't know about SATA RAID support, but, you might look at vinum to > mirror your drives if the hardware support is not there. It works quite > well. > > On Monday 12 January 2004 10:53 am, Dr. Clark Mankin wrote: >> Hello, Everyone. >> >> I have just completely replaced my server farm with new machines built >> around the Asus A7N8X system board which includes a pair of these RAID >> controllers on the board. The Windoze driver supports RAID 0 >> interleaving for faster performance or RAID 1 to create mirrored pairs. >> >> FreeBSD 5.1 found the RAID controller but failed to install a driver. >> I'm not certain whether I might need to roll a custom kernel for that >> function or if I might find a 3rd party driver that will work. Really >> all I want is RAID 1. I have a file server and mirrored pairs meet my >> particular need best. >> >> For those of you who might want to experiment a bit, two brand new hard >> drives by the same manufacturer and of the same size can be mirrored very >> satisfactorily using rsync. This is not "RAID" in the strict sense of >> the word, however the end results are so similar that I doubt anyone >> blindfolded would know whether the drive had been mirrored with a RAID >> controller or with rsync. >> >> Since I have the raid controllers I thought I'd try them - if I can get a >> driver. If not then I'll use "plan b" and mirror a drive in each >> enclosure using rsync as a nightly procedure in addition to my regular >> backup routine. >> >> If any of you intrepid Digital Pioneers know of an appropriate driver, >> please share your knowledge. >> >> Thanks and I hope your day is filled with joy and prosperity. >> >> D. Clark Mankin >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > - -- > > John R. Shannon > john@johnrshannon.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (NetBSD) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkAC4RIACgkQOKbCxya4HYvRKQCgjtcSaaYT7VONLZ4WndQwAPEE > aXgAn2XSAmj+cmUuPE6RKXSuSmJ7OVB3 > =+Vyo > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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