IDE RAID / USB ADSL q's

[Guy Harper]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 08:06:30PM +0100, Dominic Marks wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 06:17:14PM +0100, Guy Harper wrote:
> 
> > I plan to use an IDE RAID based system to provide data redundancy, but am
> > concerned about the level of support in the OS. In the event of a disk fail,
> > is BSD provided with this information from the BIOS? If not, how does the
> > software become aware of failed hardware?
> > 
> 
> Not sure, I dont think it uses the BIOS data. IDE RAID is from what Im
> told rather less featureful than SCSI RAID due to the differences in the
> ways in which these devices communicate.
> 
> > Can anyone recommend an IDE RAID motherboard for this machine?
> > 
> 
> The 3ware ones are supposedly good, and HPT chipset that ships on many
> Abit motherboards is also good (although some people have issues with it
> when in very high load situations apparently.)

Looking through /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT I see there is a kernel driver for
3ware ATA RAID. This was mentioned to me by a colleague, but do any of you
know whether this driver supports other ATA RAID chipsets?
I can't find a motherboard featuring a 3ware RAID controller...


Cheers
-- 
./guy.h