I have a hard time finding a RAID1 capable controller that is well supported via bioctl, available, and not too expensive. Is there e.g. a nice mpi or mpii card that can be controlled via bioctl? The man page only mentions that some mpi cards offer Raid1. Of course it doesn't have to be a mpi card. This PCI-e card would be used with Sata disks on the i386 architecture (OpenBSD 4.8).
Thanks. Background: ----------- I could do /var on softraid together with altroot but I seek the convenience of RAID1 to be able to select when to reboot in case of disk failure. I am fully aware that RAID is no backup concept and that now the controller becomes a single point of failure. Maybe the controller that you recommend will have the additional benefit of allowing me to attach a disk to a standard Sata controller in case of RAID controller failure? Otherwise I am prepared to order two identical controllers to mitigate this problem. Please feel free to point out any error in my thinking and don't hesitate to mention if I should implement a different set up. It is probably unavoidable that my desire for cheap raid hardware will not be met with unconditional approval ;-) Cheers, Marcus
