From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 15:33:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7280F16A403 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:33:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from todora@scorec.rpi.edu) Received: from janeway.scorec.rpi.edu (mail.scorec.rpi.edu [128.113.131.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26FE243CBA for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:30:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from todora@scorec.rpi.edu) Received: from janeway.scorec.rpi.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.scorec.rpi.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CE6C843D; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:32:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from picard.scorec.rpi.edu (picard.scorec.rpi.edu [128.113.131.145]) (using SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by janeway.scorec.rpi.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95DF8C843B; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:32:10 -0500 (EST) From: Adam Todorski To: Alex Zbyslaw In-Reply-To: <4575AF9B.50507@dial.pipex.com> References: <4575AF9B.50507@dial.pipex.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:32:10 -0500 Message-Id: <1165851130.32069.22.camel@picard.scorec.rpi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-27) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-hardware Subject: Re: Dell 1900 and SATA X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:33:08 -0000 Alex I have a PowerEdge 860 with the SAS 5i/R controller in it and it works fine with 6.2-RC1 (uses MPT + direct access SCSI modules). One thing that I have noticed, however, is that when testing performance under Bonnie++ the write times (both characters and blocks) are slow (~6.5MB/sec). I have not tried making multiple RAID volumes, which I hear is an issue with this controller + fBSD. Adam On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 17:42 +0000, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Does anyone know what the standard SATA controller is on on a Dell 1900 > and if it is supported by FreeBSD? Browsing the Dell website has left > me goggle eyed and none the wiser :-( > > What about the SAS 5/iR? Is that the same as the Dell PERC5/i listed > under the mfi driver or is there some other driver which supports it? > And does it really support SATA as well as SAS disks as the Dell website > implies? > > Are there any other show stopping issues with these machines? (I know > that the ethernet driver had some issues - resolved in 6.2? - and that > the DRAC5 probably doesn't work well). > > All information gratefully received. > > --Alex > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Adam Todorski Sr System Administrator Scientific Computation Research Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY USA Office: (518) 276-8376 Fax: (518) 276-4886