From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 3 15:25:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6E0B16A4CE for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 15:25:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from godzilla.vipstructures.com (godzilla.vipstructures.com [66.195.71.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C63543D79 for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 15:25:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from etoll@vipstructures.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.vipstructures.com [127.0.0.1]) by godzilla.vipstructures.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B46552841C for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 11:25:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from godzilla.vipstructures.com ([127.0.0.1])port 10024) with ESMTP id 12135-03 for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 11:25:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mothra.vipstructures.com (mothra.vipstructures.com [192.168.1.3]) by godzilla.vipstructures.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CB722841A for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 11:25:45 -0400 (EDT) content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:25:45 -0400 Message-ID: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A944E4D14@VIP10-WIN2K> From: "Toll, Eric" To: "Franco Bruno Borghesi" X-Antivirus: checked by Norton Anti Virus X-MTA-Mailer: Postfix 2 by Wietse Venema - http://www.postfix.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on godzilla.vipstructures.com cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Another BIOS RAID or host based RAID question X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 15:25:51 -0000 =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of=20 > Franco Bruno Borghesi > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:05 AM > To: Toll, Eric > Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Another BIOS RAID or host based RAID question >=20 > Yes, I am using 3 servers with hardware raid: >=20 > a)3ware 7500 with 4 ATA disks (1 spare) WD 160 GB in RAID 5,=20 > works great. > b)Mylex AcceleRAID 160 with 3 SCSI 8 GB Quantum disks, RAID=20 > 5, works great. > c)3ware 9600s with 4 SATA 150 disks (1 spare) WD 160 GB in=20 > RAID 5. Many problems, occasional reboots, couldn't get any=20 > help from the lists. >=20 > The 3ware 7500 board comes in severall flavours, you could=20 > try a two channel model, though the only utility you have is=20 > tw_cli, it's console based, no alarms. It's also an ATA controller :( >=20 > Hope this helps. Yes it does, I just did a quick search of 3ware storage adapters on = Insight and the 8xxx and 9xxx series are available. They are all 64 Bit PCI, which leads me to the mainboard. I wanted to = get an Asus or Abit MB with an (single) AMD processor (64 perhaps) with 1Gb of = RAM. What mainboard are your 3ware cards plugged into? I want to build a new BSD server, with ATA raid or SATA raid, AMD 64 = chip (not using 64bit BSD), MB and nice P/S and case. Can anyone recommend a good = shopping list? Regards, Eric