From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 11:59:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C43A637B401 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:59:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.rolet.com (mail1.rolet.com [208.29.194.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4BC043FA3 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:59:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rcovell@rolet.com) Received: from rolet.com (dev4.rolet.com [208.29.194.9]) (authenticated) by mail1.rolet.com (8.11.6/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h6UJGBO12739; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:16:11 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3F281742.5060203@rolet.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:06:42 -0500 From: Robert Covell Organization: Rolet Internet Services, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Glenn Johnson References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030730114922.011b1bd8@mail.servplex.com> <3F27FB43.5030805@rolet.com> <20030730183209.GA10127@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3ware Support Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: rcovell@rolet.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:59:35 -0000 Glenn Johnson wrote: >On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:07:15PM -0500, Robert Covell wrote: > > > >>Peter Elsner wrote: >> >> >> >>>Have had no problems using the 6000/7000/8000 series of cards on 4.6 >>>to 4.8... Have not tried 5.0/5.1 >>> >>>Peter Elsner >>> >>> >>>At 11:13 AM 7/30/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I am wanting to use a 3ware raid card so I can get IDE RAID1+0 for >>>>a new mail server. Heard nothing but good things about them and >>>>FreeBSD. >>>> >>>>The card is: 7506-4LP >>>> >>>>But do not know if 4.8 supports this specific card. The notes say: >>>>3ware Escalade ATA RAID controllers ( twe(4) driver) 5000 series >>>>6000 series 7000 series >>>> >>>>The same support is in 5.0. >>>> >>>>Is 7506-4LP a 7000 series card or is it a 7500 series card? >>>> >>>>There was a previous thread about the 7500 series card potentially >>>>causing corruption. Has anybody heard additional information >>>>regarding this? >>>> >>>> >>So then I can assume that a 7506 IS a 7000 series? >> >>Just trying to make sure before I buy all the hardware. >> >> > >According to the 3ware Web site, the 7506 uses a different firmware, >driver, and utility series than the 7500 models. I would not _assume_ >that it would work. > >Although there is someone who recently started working on the FreeBSD >driver for 3ware cards (sorry, can not remember the name), 3ware does >not support FreeBSD in any way. I have a 7500-8 card and I have had >firmware issues with it. It turns out that I can not use the card for >RAID1+0, which is what you said you wanted, because the array can not >initialize after a drive failure in RAID1+0 mode. I had to reconfigure >my array as RAID-5. That was not fun but it does work well in RAID-5 >mode. That being said, I know there are other FreeBSD users who have >successfully used a 7500 card for RAID1+0. It depends on what hardware >revision you get. > >I would strongly encourage you to buy the 7506 from a vendor that will >allow you to easily return it should it not work under FreeBSD for you. > > > Ok, as much as I want to use 3ware it does not seem as if this card will work out because I can't be certain it will support the requirements. Would anyone recommend another card that is fully supported for ide raid and freebsd? I have thought about adaptec, but from what I have read on the list it is not the best. I could be wrong. -Bob -- Sincerely, Robert T. Covell President / Owner Rolet Internet Services, LLC Web: www.rolet.com Email: rcovell@rolet.com Phone: 816.471.1095 Fax: 816.471.3447 24x7: 816.210.7145