Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:13:18 +0300 From: "Artem Kuchin" <matrix@itlegion.ru> To: "pete wright" <nomadlogic@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need really cheap IDE mirroring PCI controlled for FreebBSD 4.10 Message-ID: <00b101c51fd1$3fd448f0$0c00a8c0@artem> References: <20050302104641.44708.qmail@web54004.mail.yahoo.com> <20050302111457.GB97448@pc5-179.lri.fr> <024601c51f33$eda69e40$0c00a8c0@artem> <57d7100005030221505d8ff1b2@mail.gmail.com>
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pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:27:07 +0300, Artem Kuchin <matrix@itlegion.ru> > wrote: >> Can anybody recommend cheap IDE mirroring PCI (2.0, not 2.1 or 2.2) >> controller with just 2 IDE ports which works fine with FreeBSD 4.10 ? >> >> It is to be installed on a very old motherboard (1998) and two 40GB >> IDE driver (more or less modern ones, at least not used ones for >> sure). > > sorry I don't know of any really cheap one's off hand, altho I do have > experience with 3Ware RAID cards on 4.x. They seemed to work well, > and they are less expensive than proper SCSI cards...altho slower. If > cost really an issue would it be worth mirroring your disks in > software via VINUM? Well, i don't trust software raids. But 3ware is probably one of the most expensive raid 0,1 controllers. There must be something around 40$ which freebsd supports. Does anyone known any model? -- Regards, Artem Kuchin IT Legion Ltd. Moscow, Russia www.itlegion.ru matrix@itlegion.ru +7 095 232-0338
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