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Björn König | 1 May 2005 16:41
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Re: FreeBSD & Serial ATA

O'Reilly, Stuart wrote:

> I'm in the process of building / upgrading a server and have chosen 
> FreeBSD to run it. One requirement is the ability to support RAID 1.  
> I am looking at adding a Serial ATA PCI card but i'm unsure which is 
> best.

This is a low-budget suggestion:

I have good experiences with RocketRAID 1520 and 1640. I'm running a 
1640 with three SATA drives since one year without problems; it's just a 
little bit slow. Highpoint offers binary FreeBSD drivers for these 
controllers, but I think that people don't like this kind of support 
because Highpoint neglects it for older models and this dependency might 
be dangerous in future. Keep in mind: you'll get what you pay for.

Regards
Björn
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O'Reilly, Stuart | 2 May 2005 18:22
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Re: FreeBSD & Serial ATA

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> I have good experiences with RocketRAID 1520 and 1640. I'm running a 
> 1640 with three SATA drives since one year without problems; it's just a 
> little bit slow. Highpoint offers binary FreeBSD drivers for these 
> controllers, but I think that people don't like this kind of support 
> because Highpoint neglects it for older models and this dependency might 
> be dangerous in future. Keep in mind: you'll get what you pay for.
> 
> Regards
> Björn

Can someone just answer a quick question. One of the suggestions 
mentioned was the Highpoint RocketRAID 1520 controller which is a low 
cost solutions however support for FreeBSD stopped at v5.1.

However, scrolling down the list of driver software for the RocketRAID 
1520, Highpoint offer the option of downloading the Linux Open Source 
Driver and compiling it yourself. To quote the website:

"Support Linux kernel version 2.2.x to 2.6.x on x86 and x86_64 platform."

Would this be a suitable option since (as I understand it), FreeBSD is i386.

Sorry if I sound like i'm trying to get blood from a stone. ;)

Stuart,
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Dominic Marks | 2 May 2005 18:40
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Re: FreeBSD & Serial ATA

On Monday 02 May 2005 17:22, O'Reilly, Stuart wrote:
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> > I have good experiences with RocketRAID 1520 and 1640. I'm running a
> > 1640 with three SATA drives since one year without problems; it's just a
> > little bit slow. Highpoint offers binary FreeBSD drivers for these
> > controllers, but I think that people don't like this kind of support
> > because Highpoint neglects it for older models and this dependency might
> > be dangerous in future. Keep in mind: you'll get what you pay for.
> >
> > Regards
> > Björn
>
> Can someone just answer a quick question. One of the suggestions
> mentioned was the Highpoint RocketRAID 1520 controller which is a low
> cost solutions however support for FreeBSD stopped at v5.1.
>
> However, scrolling down the list of driver software for the RocketRAID
> 1520, Highpoint offer the option of downloading the Linux Open Source
> Driver and compiling it yourself. To quote the website:
>
> "Support Linux kernel version 2.2.x to 2.6.x on x86 and x86_64 platform."
>
> Would this be a suitable option since (as I understand it), FreeBSD is
> i386.

FreeBSD has an i386 version, but it isn't only available for i386.

See: 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html
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O'Reilly, Stuart | 1 May 2005 17:45
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> This is a low-budget suggestion:
> 
> I have good experiences with RocketRAID 1520 and 1640. I'm running a 
> 1640 with three SATA drives since one year without problems; it's just a 
> little bit slow. Highpoint offers binary FreeBSD drivers for these 
> controllers, but I think that people don't like this kind of support 
> because Highpoint neglects it for older models and this dependency might 
> be dangerous in future. Keep in mind: you'll get what you pay for.
> 
> Regards
> Björn

I've been looking at the Highpoint RocketRAID controllers and seen that 
they come with FreeBSD drivers. It's just a question of what is good and 
what to avoid. I am prepared to spend between £40 - £70 on a mid range 
reliable card.

I've done RAID setups in linux before (slackware) but never in FreeBSD 
so i'm looking for recommendations. Not worried about hot swapping 
capability.

Stuart.
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Björn König | 1 May 2005 18:33
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Re: FreeBSD & Serial ATA

O'Reilly, Stuart wrote:

> I've been looking at the Highpoint RocketRAID controllers and seen 
> that they come with FreeBSD drivers. It's just a question of what is 
> good and what to avoid. I am prepared to spend between £40 - £70 on a 
> mid range reliable card.

<http://dict.leo.org/se?lp=ende&p=/Mn4k.&search=not>£70 is not a hell of 
a lot. Highpoint offers only drivers up to 4.8 and 5.1 for a RR1520; it 
might be discontinued. The RR1640 is more comfortable because it 
attracts attention with a painful acoustic signal on hard disk failure. 
You can even reinitialise the controller or verify a disk array remote 
with a GUI from another machine. This is much for a controller of this 
price range.  ;-)

> I've done RAID setups in linux before (slackware) but never in FreeBSD 
> so i'm looking for recommendations. Not worried about hot swapping 
> capability.

By the way, hot swapping works.

Björn

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