STLab A-410 SATAII 300 RAID PCI-E & FreeBSD 8-RELEASE

[Ivan Kudryashov]

2009/12/9 Alexander Motin <mav at freebsd.org>:
> Ivan Kudryashov wrote:
>> Hello!
>> When I install FreeBSD8-RELEASE on STLab A-410 on RAID1 mode , the
>> installer sees both HDD. Is this normal?
>
> That RAID is 100% software, that's why both drives are still accessible.
> FreeBSD ataraid driver also doesn't hide original drives, just provides
> additional "arX" device for use.
>
> I would recommend you to read about gmirror, before you get used to that
> not-very-RAID.
>
> --
> Alexander Motin
>

Thanks to all! I'll use gmirror

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