From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 7 22:06:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEFF916A4DD; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 22:06:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) Received: from outbound0.sv.meer.net (outbound0.mx.meer.net [209.157.153.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898EE43D46; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 22:06:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) Received: from mail.meer.net (mail.meer.net [209.157.152.14]) by outbound0.sv.meer.net (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k87M62jX010645; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:06:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) Received: from [10.66.240.106] (public-wireless.sv.svcolo.com [64.13.135.30]) by mail.meer.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/meer) with ESMTP id k87M5DwG034699; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:05:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) In-Reply-To: <035701c6d2c3$eb574aa0$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <44EC0B9B.5020705@withagen.nl><003f01c6c68d$64688e60$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <20060907184316.GC56998@svcolo.com> <035701c6d2c3$eb574aa0$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jo Rhett Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:05:11 -0700 To: "Steven Hartland" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: amd64@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestions for SATA RAID cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:06:22 -0000 > Jo Rhett wrote: >> However keep in mind that Highpoint support is nearly clueless. When >> the 1820a first shipped we were unable to find anyone on staff that >> knew what FreeBSD was, or how to read a problem report. >> No experience with Areca. 3ware is very clueful and capable. On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:23 PM, Steven Hartland wrote: > I did have a little bother getting through to the dev's for > support with a disk compatibility issue but once I located > the right person highpoint support was very good. How did you locate them? Highpoint support told us that a third party did the freebsd driver and that they had no intention of supporting it. FYI, several people have claimed that the 1820a is "hardware" -- this is untrue. It's hardware accelerated, but all of the raid logic is in the driver. It's sludgeware", not hardware raid. Performance tests against a real hardware raid adapter will demonstrate what I mean. -- Jo Rhett senior geek Silicon Valley Colocation