From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 29 04:24:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7779216A41F for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:24:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3BEC43D46 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:24:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from pumice3.sentex.ca (pumice3.sentex.ca [64.7.153.26]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j9T4OPAx067433 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:24:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by pumice3.sentex.ca (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j9T4OOYA034635; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:24:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j9T4OMW7059689 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:24:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.0.20051029001622.05bf16f8@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:24:14 -0400 To: Francisco From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <20051029001047.P43285@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <000801c5d434$579de280$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <6.2.3.4.0.20051018234157.085cd7b8@64.7.153.2> <20051029001047.P43285@zoraida.natserv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 64.7.153.18 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.53 on 64.7.153.26 Cc: FreeBSD Performance Subject: Re: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:24:26 -0000 At 12:11 AM 29/10/2005, Francisco wrote: >On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Mike Tancsa wrote: > >>I use the 3ware line (8xxx) and they are very stable, but not the >>fastest. For speed, check out the cards from Areca. Native FreeBSD >>support and they are FAST >> >>http://www.areca.com.tw/products/html/pcix-sata.htm > >Where did you get your area controller Mike? >Looking at their site it seems as if one could buy directly from >them, but did not find any prices. Hi, I get them directly from Areca. I have bcc'd the Calvin (the guy I have dealt with) so he can contact you. Like I said before, they have been great cards for me under FreeBSD. Linux performs well too, but is a bit of a pain as its not part of the default kernel. But performance has been great and the extremely stable. We are going to try some of the PCI-e versions next month. My experience to date has been with the PCI-X versions only. I finally got my 3ware 9500SX today and should have time to test next week as I dont have a spare PCI-X board in the lab right now. Should be able to get a decent comparison performance wise between the two boards with respect to FreeBSD. ---Mike