Best IDE RAID5 solution for FreeBSD 5.2 ?

From: Adrian (adrian-ml_at_connexus.net.au)
Date: 03/09/04

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    Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 12:58:19 +1100
To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org

    Hi,

    I'm having lots of trouble with 3ware RAID
    cards and would like to know what other
    people are using..

    I basically just need to be able to rebuild
    degraded arrays remotely (from FreeBSD) as
    I don't always have console access to the
    machines and can't power-cycle them.

    I have various versions of the 3Ware cards
    (mainly 7006). After a while one of the drives
    will degrade. If I rebuild it, the same drive
    just degrades again soon after. I've replaced
    everything from the HD to RAID card, motherboard
    and cables - but in the end I have to format the
    array and rebuild the machine from scratch but
    then after a while it starts doing the same thing..
    This is happening on FreeBSD versions 4.8->5.2
    and across completely different hardware (though
    I've only ever used Maxtor IDE drives).

    Any help / suggestions would be appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Adrian.

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