I have a 7506-4LP running Raid 1 on a 4.8 box and it had been working like a charm. It is not low profile, but don't know why it would matter.
Sincerely, Robert T. Covell President / Owner Rolet Internet Services, INC Web: www.rolet.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 816.471.1095 Fax: 816.471.3447 24x7: 816.210.7145 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of jason Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 5:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RAID in FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >According to the handbook it says: >The twe driver provides support for the following series of ATA RAID con- > trollers: > > o Escalade 3W-5x00 > o Escalade 3W-6x00 > o Escalade 3W-7x00 > o Escalade 3W-8x00 > > These devices support 2, 4 or 8 ATA disk drives and provide RAID0 >(strip- > ing) and RAID1 (mirroring) functionality. > >I am considering buying a 3Ware Escalade 7506-4LP Kit, 4 port low profile >ATA 133 PCI 64/66 RAID Controller to use RAID5. The card supports >level 5, my question is, is RAID5 supported on FreeBSD? Does anyone have >experience with this card good or bad? Are there any other suggestions >for lowcost IDE RAID5? > >TIA > >_______________________________________________ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > If you don't get SATA or SATA2 the card looks expensive, but I have only been shopping for a card for a few days so I can't give great advise on brands. I would suggest storagereview.com for that. Have you tried emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also FreeBSD can do raid5 with vinum, or gvinum now. It uses the cpu and works with whatever controller but will be slower from what I have heard. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
