Re: Dell CERC SATA 2S question -- software RAID instead?
-- quoting Jonathan Reeder -- Since the SATA RAID controller in the Dell PE SC420 isn't supported yet, is there anything I can do with atacontrol to run my two drives as a software RAID instead of relying on the controller? I've never used SATA before, so any advice anyone can offer is greatly appreciated. If you're using FreeBSD 5.3 than you should take a look at man gmirror. This could be what you want. I am using it w/o any problems so far... HTH! Greetings, Matthias -- And remember not to act afraid. Animals can smell fear. And they don't like it. -- Homer Simpson The Call of the Simpsons ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dell CERC SATA 2S question -- software RAID instead?
Since the SATA RAID controller in the Dell PE SC420 isn't supported yet, is there anything I can do with atacontrol to run my two drives as a software RAID instead of relying on the controller? I've never used SATA before, so any advice anyone can offer is greatly appreciated. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell CERC SATA 2S question -- software RAID instead?
Jonathan Reeder wrote: Since the SATA RAID controller in the Dell PE SC420 isn't supported yet, is there anything I can do with atacontrol to run my two drives as a software RAID instead of relying on the controller? I've never used SATA before, so any advice anyone can offer is greatly appreciated. AFAIK you cant use software RAID on your system drives as the system has to boot before software RAID can be loaded. Thus you would need a dedicated system drive which the system can boot from in order to load software raid on the other two disks. This is probably not what you want. Roger O. Svenning ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell CERC SATA 2S question -- software RAID instead?
On Tuesday, December 21, 2004, at 07:15AM, Roger. O. Svenning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan Reeder wrote: Since the SATA RAID controller in the Dell PE SC420 isn't supported yet, is there anything I can do with atacontrol to run my two drives as a software RAID instead of relying on the controller? I've never used SATA before, so any advice anyone can offer is greatly appreciated. AFAIK you cant use software RAID on your system drives as the system has to boot before software RAID can be loaded. Thus you would need a dedicated system drive which the system can boot from in order to load software raid on the other two disks. Not true. Vinum is your friend (starting on the 16th page of the PDF): http://www.vinumvm.org/cfbsd/vinum.pdf If you are using 5.3, you probably want to look into gvinum... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
