From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Sep 3 12:16:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CC4F37B422 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 12:16:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA00828; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 12:31:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200009031931.MAA00828@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Robert J. Adams" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3ware -vs- Promise In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 03 Sep 2000 13:34:03 EDT." <005b01c015ce$542793a0$7215fbd1@mysticplaces.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 12:31:17 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > If I'm setting up a system with (8) of the new 80gig maxtor's.. and I plan > on having them just in JBOD (not raid stripes etc) will I see a performance > gain from using the 3ware (8 port version, ~$450) over the Promise Ultra100 > (~$40ea) card? I assume that I can use two Promise Ultra100's in one box? You may see some performance gain, yes, since the 3ware controller lets you queue outstanding commands, however it's really going to depend on what you're doing with the system. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message