2010/2/23 Francois Tigeot <[email protected]> > On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 06:20:51PM +0100, Francois Tigeot wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm curious about the state of hardware RAID controllers in > DragonFly. > > > > I'm now pretty sure the only hardware RAID adapters which *could* be > usable > > are based on the LSI 1078 chipset > > > > At least 6 different cards are based on it: > > > > - LSI MegaRAID SAS 8704ELP / 8708ELP > > - LSI MegaRAID SAS 8704EM2 / 8708EM2 > > - LSI MegaRAID SAS 8880EM2 > > - LSI MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP > > > > I should be able to test a MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP soon. It was not > recognized last > > year but Matt has since updated the mpt(4) driver. > > The MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP is still not recognized. > > dmesg : > > pci3: <PCI bus> on pcib3 > pci3: <mass storage, RAID> (vendor 0x1000, dev 0x0060) at device 0.0 irq 11 > > pciconf -lv : > > non...@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x010400 card=0x10061000 chip=0x00601000 > rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'LSI Logic (Was: Symbios Logic, NCR)' > device = 'SAS1078 PCI-X Fusion-MPT SAS' > class = mass storage > subclass = RAID > > So it seems DragonFly doesn't support any recent hardware RAID controller. >
The Adaptec RAID (aac) controllers seems to be supported very well. For example the Adaptec RAID 5405 seems to work pretty well on a box I tested Dragonfly. Regards, Michael
