Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:14:47 -0700 From: "Aaron Namba" <aaron@namba1.com> To: "Kal Torak" <kaltorak@quake.com.au>, "Enriko Groen" <enriko.groen@netivity.nl> Cc: "'Aris Stathakis'" <aris@sco.COM>, <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: RAID/vinum options (mail server) Message-ID: <NEBBKJCBCMINPHLGKLHDIEIGHDAA.aaron@namba1.com> In-Reply-To: <3B32ED0E.69095793@quake.com.au>
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I can vouch that most of the onboard raid options are not very speedy, and it's not just the inherent slowness and cpu-intensiveness IDE. The hardware is just slow. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kal Torak Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:01 AM To: Enriko Groen Cc: 'Aris Stathakis'; freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID/vinum options (mail server) Enriko Groen wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aris Stathakis [mailto:aris@sco.COM] > > > Has anyone had any success with the various inexpensive EIDE raid > > controllers available? Some are built into motherboards - others are > > add-in cards like the KW-571H for which there are Linux drivers. > > I heard some bad things (data loss) about a certain Asus motherboard with an > onboard EIDE RAID controller. Not sure which type. Although I have to admit > that these result were based on tests with Windows 9x. I think a lot of these motherboards with "onboard raid" are really "onboard software raid"... Its probably best to buy a seperate controller with the specs you want than getting an onboard one... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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