RAID on HP ML110 G5

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

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> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of tomasz
> dereszynski
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 6:17 PM
> To: Tom Munro Glass
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: RAID on HP ML110 G5
> 
> 
> Tom Munro Glass wrote:
> > I would like to run FreeBSD 7 on a HP ML110 G5. I understand 
> from past posts 
> > to this list that the ML110 series is FreeBSD friendly, but 
> what about RAID 1 
> > using the on-board SATA controller? Will this work and how do 
> you set this 
> > up?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tom Munro Glass
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> i would recommend to build RAID1 using gmirror instead as then you can 
> use smartd to monitor drives what isnt possible (AFAIK) with hardware 
> RAID on those boxes.
> 

Untrue.  Those boxes use regular sata raid chipsets that are supported
by the ata driver and are easily monitored.  Note that the "hardware"
raid on those boxes - being sata raid - isn't a true hardware raid.

The only true sata hardware raid under FreeBSD that I know of are the
3ware and hipoint cards 


Ted