Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:52:21 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org> To: Lanny Baron <lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: which SATA controller (was Re: Which 160-180 GB ATA disk is reliable and fast ?) Message-ID: <20030616055221.GA2580@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> In-Reply-To: <49486.192.168.0.69.1055741340.squirrel@mail.freebsdsystems.com> References: <20030615201628.GA2120@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> <49486.192.168.0.69.1055741340.squirrel@mail.freebsdsystems.com>
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On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 01:29:00AM -0400, Lanny Baron wrote: > Hi Andreas, > Gee, I was just in Germany but forgot to look you up! Well next time ;-) > IBM does not make drives any more. They are all now Hitachi. Hitachi > Deskstar and Ultrastar. > I have had 0 problems with the new Hitachi Drives in our Servers. We have > lost only 2 drives (both SCSI) from Seagate. Nice to hear. I want the IBM drives because of tagged queuing, see ata manpage. > Maxtor I would not touch with a 10 foot poll. WD has a problem with the > connector on our Servers. So we dont use them. o.k. > My suggestion is to use SATA. And then use Seagate Barracuda 7. Doesn't have IBM/Hitachi a suitable SATA drive because I want to use tagged command queueing ? If I would use SATA, which controller works best ? I heard there are only some speaking SATA natively and others need additional bridges to translate again into the parallel bus system. I heard Promise are the best, is that true for SATA as well ? Which model would be the one that allows connection of 2-4 drives ? Should run under FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE and 5.1. Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/
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