From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Mar 1 8:42:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DE4637C341; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 08:42:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA91336; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:42:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:42:05 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon To: Mike Smith Cc: John Lengeling , scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cheap AMI MegaRAID 428 boards In-Reply-To: <200003010304.TAA01721@mass.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > I found a source for cheap (versus Adaptec) AMI MegaRAID 428 boards. > > Are these boards any good and does the freebsd driver work well with > > this board? They are used at $109.00 at www.teamexcess.com. It sounds > > like a good deal to me... > > I've been quite happy with the 428, actually. It's a bit short on CPU > power, so don't expect miracles, but the UF80 firmware seems quite > reliable, and if you load it up with memory it tools along quite nicely. I couldn't pass that up. I just bought one. Since you're familiar with this thing and the specs aren't very specific, does this thing require ECC memory? If not require it, would it at least take advantage of it? -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message