Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 11:49:12 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server recommendation for co-location. Message-ID: <4kdgst4irf8nrktldei9ca2mbgrmekecai@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <SEN.1002760890.303318885@news.sentex.net> References: <maniatty@aztec.cs.albany.edu> <SEN.1002760890.303318885@news.sentex.net>
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:41:30 +0000 (UTC), in = sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware you wrote: >> Ack! I just specified a system with a 3ware card for my lab's file >> server based on storagereviews recommendation. I think I'm going to >> have to ask for a substitution and get the adaptec for 4x40 GB ATA 100= drives > >You should probably just substitute a 6000 series 3ware controller. When I spoke to the sales rep he said they were making them until = December and still supporting them afterwards for the 3yr war. How true that will = be 1yr from now, no one of course knows. But I plan to have a few in stores as replacements should the need arise. Besides, 3yrs from now, I dont expect to be using my hardware the same way as now. > >> Since word on the street is 3ware is out of the controller business, >> is Adaptec the only HW ATA raid game in town (2400A series) for my = setup? >> If so does the Adaptec controller have known problems? > >If someone can kick the relevant details out of Promise, I'm sure that >something could be done with their 6-port controller, but in the = meantime >yes, Adaptec is the only game in town. > >The Adaptec controller is basically a DPT (sorry, Adaptec SCSI RAID) >controller with ATA channels on it. It's not a great device, although >I'd say that it would a least basically work. What driver does it use ? Has anyone tried it ? ---Mike Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) =09 Sentex Communications Corp, =09 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers=20 could setup a national IP network." (KDW2) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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