From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 9 21:28:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3471E16A41B for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 21:28:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from user@dhp.com) Received: from shell.dhp.com (shell.dhp.com [199.245.105.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EFE943D7B for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 21:28:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from user@dhp.com) Received: by shell.dhp.com (Postfix, from userid 896) id 2C9AD3130D; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:28:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:28:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Ensel Sharon To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: quick check - adaptec 2820sa on FreeBSD 6.1 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:28:11 -0000 > Are you asking because you need advice on whether or not to purchase it? Yes. I do not own it and am trying to decide whether to buy the 2810SA, which is explicitly mentioned in the 6.1-RELEASE hardware notes, OR the 2820sa which has raid-6, which I want very much. So it sounds like it works just as well as any other aac, like my trusty old PERCs ? In the product description, they list the supported raid levels (0,1,5,10,50) and then list other raid levels (1E,5EE,6,60) under "advanced data protection suite". That's just market copy, right ? Those other raid levels are selectable and controlled trough the raid bios like everyone is always used to ? Or is there some wacky software or plug-in or daughterboard or something ? I want to use raid-6 with FreeBSD, is what I am trying to say. Thanks for your help.