Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:35:06 +1000 From: Danny Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new server motherboard with SATA II Message-ID: <20080627183506.atac8jmckkswcgc8@www.dannysplace.net> In-Reply-To: <20080627075300.GA30448@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <486450DB.4000907@dannysplace.net> <20080627040545.GA21856@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <4864769C.4050002@dannysplace.net> <20080627053314.GA24239@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <48649424.4010700@dannysplace.net> <20080627073612.GA29122@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <48649AAD.4050806@dannysplace.net> <20080627075300.GA30448@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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Quoting Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>: > In that case, Promise cards are probably your best bet. They'll use the > ata(4) driver, and disks will show up as adX, and they're inexpensive. > Plus, the FreeBSD ATA author (sos@) has significant documentation on > them, so they're fairly well supported. That's a shame that there is no middle of the road... It does not seem a lot to ask for an IO card that can ease processing on the CPU for SATA II devices. Like I said I'd be happy to let FreeBSD handle the raid stuff because ZFS just looks so handy. -D
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