Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:05:24 -0500 From: Dave Pooser <dave-freebsd@pooserville.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SAS controller for FreeBSD Message-ID: <CA2BB72B.4B736%dave-sa@pooserville.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106251625540.6821@nber7.nber.org>
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On 6/25/11 3:47 PM, "Daniel Feenberg" <feenberg@nber.org> wrote:
>All the cards on the LSI website that I can find using the SAS2008 chipset
>include the sentence "Integrated RAID avoids additional host CPU overhead"
>in their brief description, even the ones labeled "HBA".
There are two different firmware options. The "IT" firmware disables the
integrated RAID and makes them true HBAs; the "IR" firmware activates the
integrated RAID. Buy the cards, flash 'em with the IT firmware and you're
good to go.
--
Dave Pooser
Cat-Herder-in-Chief, Pooserville.com
"There are two novels that can change a bookish 14-year-old's
life: _The Lord of the Rings_ and _Atlas Shrugged_. One is a
childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession
with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally
stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the
real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
--John Rogers
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