Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:13:41 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: sos@freebsd.dk Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RocketRaid133 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020211171243.024c1320@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <200202112218.g1BMI1V24265@freebsd.dk> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020211160732.04c12890@marble.sentex.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Can I just pull down /usr/src/sys/dev/ata from current and pop it in place=
=20
? This is a non production machine so I can live with lost data. I am=20
happy to test as I am eager to find a decent replacement for the 3ware 6200.
---Mike
At 11:18 PM 2/11/02 +0100, S=F8ren Schmidt wrote:
>It seems Mike Tancsa wrote:
> > >We already support the hpt372, and I've just added support for the
> > >hpt374 to -current.
> >
> > STABLE doesnt yet see it as an AR capable device. But the KLD provided=
by
> > them at
> > http://www.highpoint-tech.com/FreeBSD_v13_370_372.zip
> >
> > works exactly as advertised. I just installed it with the 4.5R ISO and=
all
> > worked well using RAID1 and RAID0. The Raid 1 performance was OK, but=
not
> > as great an improvement as the 3ware shows. I seem to recall a=
noticeable
> > difference between a single drive on UDMA 66, versus that same drive in=
a
> > RAID1 config (as well as of course RAID0)
>
>I know :) the problem is that it is a driver *just* for the highpoint
>cards, whereas the ATA RAID driver support both Promise & Highpoint
>cards, even in the same machine :)
>
>You should test whats in -current, its close already, I'm still
>wrestling highpoint less than perfect config layout on disks,
>they didn't design that very well, is not entirely secure in
>all situations, ie you can rebuild your RAID1 from the *wrong*
>part of the mirror just because it lost its marbles :)
>
>-S=F8ren
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?5.1.0.14.0.20020211171243.024c1320>