Re: PCI RAID for 'gift'

From: Mike Maltese (mike_at_pcmedx.com)
Date: 12/30/04

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    m wrote:
    > My wife has done the unthinkable this season! She decided to buy me
    > a new server for our small office, which I am more than excited about,
    > except for one paramount detail...

    Well, I'm jealous!

    > It is a respectable 1U server with the following specs from manual:
    > Dual (2) IntelR XEON 2.8GHz HT Processors=20
    > 533MHz Front Side Bus, Hyperthread
    > 512K L2 Cache=20
    > Intel E7501 Server Chipset
    > 2GB PC2100 ECC Reg. DDR Memory
    > Dual (2) 160GB SATA Hard Drives, 8MB Buffer=20
    > 52x Sony CDROM Drive (black)=20
    > 8MB Onboard ATIR RageT XL=20
    > Intel 10/100Mbps NIC=20
    > Intel Gigabit NIC
    >
    > And now the problem:
    > SuperMicro Board comes with onboard RAID, an Adaptec ICH5R SATA
    > controller.

    Take a look here:
    http://www.techno-obscura.com/~delgado/notes/fbsd-ich5SATAraid.html

    While it is possible to create a mirrored array with the ICH5
    controller, I can't say that I'd recommend it for anything important or
    in an environment that it would be subjected to heavy loads. The only
    way I can see using this method would be in conjunction with a
    consistent backup routine (which should be practiced in all situations
    anyway).

    My suggestion would be to get a 3ware 8006-2LP. It's inexpensive at
    <$150, it's real hardware RAID, and hot-swapping is supported. 3ware
    even has a CLI application for controlling and monitoring your arrays.
    I've personally used this card with FreeBSD 5.3 with great results.

    Mike
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