Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 20:17:10 +0300 From: Johan Paul <mailing-lists@johanpaul.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a RAID-card with FreeBSD Message-ID: <3F031396.5010908@johanpaul.com> In-Reply-To: <3F01FDC9.7000007@landgren.net> References: <3F01A9AE.5040700@johanpaul.com> <3F01FDC9.7000007@landgren.net>
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> Yes, the RAIDing is completely transparent to the OS. You don't even > have to reboot the machine if the disks are hot-swappable. Just pull the > dead one out, install the new one, and the controller will bring it up > to speed. RAID-1 is much faster to rebuild than RAID-5 (just a casual > observation; I'm not sure if that's a hard-and-fast rule). I just wanted to let you all know that I succesfully installed FreeBSD 4.8R with Promise FastTrak TX2 on a RAID1 using two IDE drives. Works like a charm all the way from installation! FreeBSD sees the RAID1 arrays as "ar0" and tells me that the two disks are 'READY' :) It's so nice to know that it actually works and one can be much more safe now than with software RAID... And the card wasn't even expensive. I just have to say that I had my doubts in the beginning, but luckely they were in vain! -- Johan
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