How to configure RocketRaid 640 with Freenas 8.0.2

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TasMot

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Hi,
I am building my second FreeNas box. But, I' running into some serious configuration problems. I have a RocketRaid 640 (PCI-Express 2.0, SATA III, 4 ports). I have 3 Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARX 2 TB drives (and I need 1 more). My plan is to create a ZFS2 array with the 4 drives. I had a lot of trouble with the card with the original BIOS and was told by Highpoint support to use the new QuickBiOS. I have that in, and now at least I can boot (from the thumbdrive that FreeNas is on).

So, now, my question is, how to I get the configuration to "stay" in FreeNas. When I modify .conf files, the modifications disappear after I reboot. I do a "mount -w /" to make the file system writeable and save my changes (I go back in again and they are there) but are gone after a reboot. Second, the driver does not seem to "automount". I have to load the driver manually, not sure, but I think that is failure of the file modifications to stay. Finally, how do I configure the drivers into the JBOD arrays?

Thanks for your help,

Tom
 

peterh

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Simple:
1- throw away ( or sell your rocketraid
2- get a cheap sata multiportcard
3- enjoy the money saved.

Remember : hardware raid is a thing of the past!
 

TasMot

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Hi peterh,
I have looked and looked and looked and I cant' find a "cheap sata III multiportcard". Do you have any suggestions?

Tom
 

TasMot

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Simple:
1- throw away ( or sell your rocketraid
2- get a cheap sata multiportcard
3- enjoy the money saved.

Remember : hardware raid is a thing of the past!


Hi peterh,
I have looked and looked and looked and I cant' find a "cheap sata III multiportcard". Do you have any suggestions? I need a 4 port card (only 1 PCI-Express slot on the mobo). Must support 2TB drives. Must support FreeNas/FreeBSD.

Tom

Tom
 
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