From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 11 02:02:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C5B916AA92 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 02:02:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3393B464AB for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:31:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2AFVBbS054451; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:31:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2AFVBMY077232 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:31:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.0.20060310101705.1050a108@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:30:48 -0500 To: "Brian Szymanski" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <1219.68.49.189.193.1141981287.squirrel@68.49.189.193> References: <1219.68.49.189.193.1141981287.squirrel@68.49.189.193> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 205.211.164.50 Cc: Subject: Re: well-supported SATA RAID card? 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, 11 Mar 2006 02:02:08 -0000 At 04:01 AM 10/03/2006, Brian Szymanski wrote: >Howdy... > >After not having much success with the hptmv driver for highpoint's >rocketraid 1820A, I'm wondering if other folks have had good luck with any >SATA RAID cards with at least 6 ports... Is there a SATA RAID card with >utilities that let you manage while the OS is running that folks have had >good luck with? I've been happy with the megaraid series on linux at my >job, but I'm wondering if the management utilities are there on freebsd, >etc. The 3Ware cards work really well under FreeBSD. I have dozens I have been using for some time and they work and work well. Highly recommended. Over the years I am sure I have replaced a few dozen dead drives and have not (knock on wood) had any issues rebuilding degraded sets. Another card I have been recently using is the ARECA. Its quite a fast card and has a similar set of management utilities. I have not been using it as long as the 3ware, but it seems pretty good too. Both cards will install out of the box FreeBSD. The management apps can be downloaded for free from www.3ware.com and ftp.areca.com.tw ---Mike