From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 8 07:06:46 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D215A16A4CE for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 07:06:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2F343D3F for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 07:06:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kc.somaratne@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id j1so149173rnf for ; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:06:46 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BLIAZShmaEafasD4E8yWeVwj5Chsj6sjOgoKOUB3nYIfHqqB7la7p8jFtRKY4WbUqLRTkl2b3UIYcMvbTAmUrXNG8mYJK74bbw5dOcyX61zap+Os2ssdQbSlPhaTfaKc9oWGnLRbf8ZZXHMimiobTCdsQKiB91BBYAm/zuip1UQ= Received: by 10.38.150.75 with SMTP id x75mr64888rnd; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:06:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.79.61 with HTTP; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:06:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9967ef070501072306635014f8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 15:06:45 +0800 From: KC Somaratne To: gilstrap@nren.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP and 5.2.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: KC Somaratne List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:06:46 -0000 Ray Gilstrap wrote: > Hi Scott, > > Okay, the system is up and running with the change that you committed. > The kernel (5.3-STABLE) recognized the controller just fine and I was able > to do fdisk/bsdlabel/newfs/mount on aacd0. > > I haven't done any meaningful performance testing yet... I had started > playing with the (randomly chosen) Bonnie benchmark, but it reported > strange numbers that are apparently an allergic reaction to the large > amount of RAM in the machine. Let me know if there are other tests that > you'd like me to run. In the meantime, just having the array (a 3-disk > RAID 5) up and running is a great start. Thanks again! > > ray Hi Ray, How have you found the above to be behaving under 5.2.1? Are you happy with it's performance and stability? How easy/difficult is it to manage this card using the aaccli management app? I was initially considering this card for two new servers. That's when I posted this original thread to the freebsd-scsi mailing list (which you found on the google groups). Later, I was looking at the HP Smart Array 6402/128, as this seem to be supported by the widely popular ciss driver and the management app support seemed pretty good too. But the vendor is refusing to budge on the price for the whole package. So, now I am forced to back look at the Adaptec Card again. The only other option available is the IBM ServeRAID-6M which seem to be be giving headaches to a lot of people (looking at the last 3-4 months mailing list archives). Would really appreciate your feedback, as you've been using this card for over 2 weeks now. Thanks in advance, -kc.