From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 3 17:16:20 2005 Return-Path: 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 C90BF16A4CE for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:16:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from meisai.numachi.com (meisai.numachi.com [198.175.254.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C557143D48 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:16:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: (qmail 73653 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2005 17:16:18 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by meisai.numachi.com with SMTP; 3 Mar 2005 17:16:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 9158 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Mar 2005 17:16:18 -0000 Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:16:18 -0500 From: Brian Reichert To: gerald@homes-on-line.com Message-ID: <20050303171618.GX90757@numachi.com> References: <20050302104641.44708.qmail@web54004.mail.yahoo.com> <20050302111457.GB97448@pc5-179.lri.fr> <024601c51f33$eda69e40$0c00a8c0@artem> <57d7100005030221505d8ff1b2@mail.gmail.com> <1bcf5ef9050303011052f49965@mail.gmail.com> <20050303154953.GU90757@numachi.com> <1bcf5ef905030308445d2ea893@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1bcf5ef905030308445d2ea893@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.7i cc: FreeBSD Stable cc: pete wright cc: Artem Kuchin Subject: Re: Need really cheap IDE mirroring PCI controlled for FreebBSD 4.10 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:16:20 -0000 On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 04:44:31PM +0000, Gerald de la Pascua wrote: > Brian, > > I am interested in your experiences with the promise raid card, > > what driver does it use? ( we use the 3ware with the twe ) Under 4.9-RELEASE, it works with the ata(4) driver: Promise Ultra/Fasttrak-33 Ultra DMA 33 (UDMA2), 33 MB/sec Promise Ultra/Fasttrak-66 Ultra DMA 66 (UDMA4), 66 MB/sec Promise Ultra/Fasttrak-100 Ultra DMA 100 (UDMA5), 100 MB/sec Promise Ultra/Fasttrak-100 TX2/TX4 Ultra DMA 100 (UDMA5), 100 MB/sec Promise Ultra/Fasttrak-133 TX2/TX2000 Ultra DMA 133 (UDMA6), 133 MB/sec > is there management software to monitor it like the 3ware? I don't have any. I had hoped the smartmontool would, but I've never gotten that to work on any raid card. :/ > are there comand line tools from unix to monitor it ( don't know if > 3ware has these actually !) With 3ware, you need to install 3dm2, which used the cli to poll the device. 3dm2 can be configured to send notices. > what model do you use and approximately how much are they? What, the Promise controller? I got this years ago. I see it here for about $30 bucks. http://bestbargainpc.com/prul100cobu.html > thanks in advance, > > Gerald -- Brian Reichert 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large