Raid Controller

[r17fbsd at xxiii.com]

At 09:45 AM 5/25/2007, Lucien Werner wrote:
>I am building a file server off freeBSD, and am wondering if my sata 
>raid controller is supported by the OS.  I have the Addonics *4 Port 
>RAID 5 / JBOD SATA II PCI Controller (ADSA4R5) controller host.  The 
>chipset is Silicon Image Sil 3124.  If this raid card is not 
>supported, can I install drivers once the system is running?  Where 
>would I find them for freeBSD?

The supported hardware list is here:
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/hardware.html

But I'll tell ya' the SiL sata chips are junk.  FreeBSD will 
recognize and run with them, but under heavy IO will crash, corrupt 
data, and other unacceptable things.  I think the ata driver 
developer gave up on the things.  In any case, don't even waste time 
trying to assemble a system with one.

   -RW