We are building a new machine to be used as an iSCSI SAN. Here are the specs.
Supermicro X8ST3-F
Xeon E5620 @ 2.4 GHz (quad core)
24GB RAM
2 intel 120GB SSD drives for the OS (overkill for FreeNAS, but we may use Windows if my boss doesn't like FreeNAS)
16 Seagate 600GB Cheetah 15K.7 SAS drives for our storage.
This is going to be a data storage server for a midsize company.
Here is our issue. My boss wants me to setup the two SSDs in RAID 1 through the Intel raid config (ICH10R). The drives are setup in raid 1, but when FreeNAS goes to install, it doesn't detect the array, it just lists both drives. Is ICH10R supported by FreeNas? I don't believe it is supported by FreeBSD. Is there anyway that I can load the drivers? Would I be better off installing on one drive, and configuring the raid for FreeNAS in FreeNAS?
This is my first exposure to FreeNAS. I didn't build this machine. I came back from vacation with this on my desk, and was asked to get it up and running with FreeNAS with Raid 1 on the SSDs.
Is there anything else you guys need to know?
Supermicro X8ST3-F
Xeon E5620 @ 2.4 GHz (quad core)
24GB RAM
2 intel 120GB SSD drives for the OS (overkill for FreeNAS, but we may use Windows if my boss doesn't like FreeNAS)
16 Seagate 600GB Cheetah 15K.7 SAS drives for our storage.
This is going to be a data storage server for a midsize company.
Here is our issue. My boss wants me to setup the two SSDs in RAID 1 through the Intel raid config (ICH10R). The drives are setup in raid 1, but when FreeNAS goes to install, it doesn't detect the array, it just lists both drives. Is ICH10R supported by FreeNas? I don't believe it is supported by FreeBSD. Is there anyway that I can load the drivers? Would I be better off installing on one drive, and configuring the raid for FreeNAS in FreeNAS?
This is my first exposure to FreeNAS. I didn't build this machine. I came back from vacation with this on my desk, and was asked to get it up and running with FreeNAS with Raid 1 on the SSDs.
Is there anything else you guys need to know?