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Date:      Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:48:37 -0000 (GMT)
From:      "Dominic Marks" <dom@helenmarks.co.uk>
To:        "Artem Kuchin" <matrix@itlegion.ru>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Need really cheap IDE mirroring PCI controlled for FreebBSD  4.10
Message-ID:  <49336.192.168.15.3.1109854117.squirrel@www.helenmarks.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <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> <00b101c51fd1$3fd448f0$0c00a8c0@artem>

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Artem Kuchin said:
> 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?

Highpoint Rocket RAID ATA-133 which I found in the catalogue of a UK
computer parts retailer seems to be what you want. 2 channel ATA-133 which
does RAID 0/1 (don't know if it does it all on the card). It's slightly
over your price target of $40 though, from this retailer its about  £60.

http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/r133.htm

I have a similar SATA controller which from Highpoint which seems to work
pretty well.

> --
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> Artem Kuchin
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> Moscow, Russia
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Dominic



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