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From: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>
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Subject: Re: Best-performing disk I/O options for a DBMS server on 7-STABLE
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> I assume SCSI is the best path forward (either SA/SCSI or traditional) but
> have been out of the loop on the card(s) that work properly for a good long
> while.

HP P400 cards are PCI express and SAS - they work very well under FreeBSD.
I've also used the cheaper E200 and that appears to be fine too, though I
havent run it for as long as the 400's.

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/smartarrayp400/index.html

-pete.