Another BIOS RAID or host based RAID question

[Franco Bruno Borghesi]

Yes, I am using 3 servers with hardware raid:

a)3ware 7500 with 4 ATA disks (1 spare) WD 160 GB in RAID 5, works great.
b)Mylex AcceleRAID 160 with 3 SCSI 8 GB Quantum disks, RAID 5, works great.
c)3ware 9600s with 4 SATA 150 disks (1 spare) WD 160 GB in RAID 5. Many 
problems, occasional reboots, couldn't get any help from the lists.

The 3ware 7500 board comes in severall flavours, you could try a two channel 
model, though the only utility you have is tw_cli, it's console based, no 
alarms. It's also an ATA controller :(

Hope this helps.

2005/5/2, Toll, Eric <etoll at vipstructures.com>:
> 
> I see the list littered with many unanswered RAID questions, is anyone 
> using
> hardware based RAID with FreeBSD 5.X? If so what exactly do you have for
> equipment?
> 
> Want to get 2 identical 74Gb drives, could be SATA or SCSI, would like to 
> setup
> controller or bios to to the RAID - not software raid. e.g. create the 
> mirror
> set in BIOS then install BSD.
> 
> I have purchased *nothing* yet. I'd like an easy to set up (via BIOS) RAID 
> 1
> set, then install FreeBSD 5.3 onto it, FreeBSD would see the Raided set of 
> disks
> as ONE disk.
> 
> The old HP SCSI Raid Controllers would make a very loud alarm noise when 
> the
> RAID array was in trouble, I really want this feature!
> 
> Anyone recommend a nice compatible card or board that will do what I want?
> 
> I am grateful for your answers.
> 
> Eric
> 
> "That is not a puzzle, Grasshopper. It is only something you do not yet
> understand." -Master Po
> 
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