FreeBSD on IBM xSeries 306 w/RAID1
I'm currently preparing to send a couple servers to a colocation provider and my main concern is RAID1 support under FreeBSD. Beyond that, does anyone have experience with FreeBSD on IBM server hardware?
After looking at the FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE hardware support list I think I'm set with the HighPoint RocketRAID 1820A Serial ATA RAID Adapter, which is supported by the hptmv driver.
Does anyone have any experience installing FreeBSD on an IBM xSeries similar to this one? Will I have problems getting a non-IBM RAID card recognized? The 306 also comes with IBM's ServeRAID 7e RAID controller built in, which is not listed in the hardware compat list above, although FreeBSD does support ServeRAID 3/4/5/6 in limited incarnations.
Server Specs:
IBM xSeries 306 1U P4 3.0GHz
2GB RAM
2x 80 GB SATA HDs
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HighPoint RocketRAID 1820A
Thanks for any help - it is greatly appreciated!
-notbrain
