Intel ICH7R RAID controller working on 6.1/STABLE?

[Javier Henderson]

* Mike Jakubik <mikej at rogers.com> [060714 17:15]:
> H. Wade Minter wrote:
> >I'm considering ordering some of these servers to run FreeBSD 6.1 or 
> >6-STABLE on, but they have Intel ICH7R RAID controllers on them.  
> >Googling around, I'm seeing conflicting information as to whether or 
> >they work, or work well enough to use in production.
> 
> The chipset is supported, but i wouldn't recommend onboard raid for any 
> production server. Get a real raid controller, or use gmirror if you 
> plan to mirror. I use several of these board sin production with gmirror.

Why do you recommend against on-board RAID controllers?

-jav