Stephen Schaff wrote:
I'm thinking about buying the Sun x2100 M2 for OpenBSD 4.0. I've
purchased one for a client that's running linux. I set it up but don't
admin it. I don't use linux, but I really like the hardware. I want to
do RAID1 with it, which the motherboard supports. However, I'm told
that the RAID controllers they put on motherboards are just glorified
software RAID and don't even compare to real hardware RAID. Further, I
don't think that OpenBSD would even work with the motherboard RAID
controller - please correct me if I'm wrong.
So, I'm looking for a suggested course of action regarding the x2100 M2.
Anyone have any experience with it - especially keeping RAID1 in mind?
Best Regards,
Stephen
This has been answered, and quite recently ...
The X2100's work well with OpenBSD 4.0.
The Raid controllers do not, at all.
You can use raidframe to do software raid, though I at least have not
been able to do an "upgrade" of a system with its root slices on a
raidframe disk. I am of course one of the less sharp tools on the list.
Still a tool though ... heh heh heh.
