From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 26 04:04:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E5316A41A for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:04:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jendries@pragmeta.com) Received: from mx2.pragmeta.com (mx2.pragmeta.com [216.230.164.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D194313C4E7 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:04:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jendries@pragmeta.com) Received: from [10.20.30.2] (cpe-74-69-170-166.stny.res.rr.com [74.69.170.166]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.pragmeta.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D441DAD1 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:32:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <479AA9C3.7010001@pragmeta.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:32:19 -0500 From: Josh Endries User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Well-supported SAS RAID card for 6.3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:04:58 -0000 Hello, I'm buying a new server and will put 6.3 on it and would like to use SAS; normally I use 3ware SATA. I've been reading a lot including man pages but can't seem to find definitive information on SAS cards that are well-supported and work well. I've found reports that cards listed in man pages don't seem to work, and confusion about chips/cards. Does anyone have experience with recent SAS cards or machines with integrated chips? Thanks!