Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:38:27 -0500 From: "Toll, Eric" <etoll@vipstructures.com> To: "Alessandro de Manzano" <ale@unixmania.net>, <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: what about highpoint 1640 SATA RAID controller ? Message-ID: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A949DD27A@VIP10-WIN2K>
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> well, subj already says ;), however I'm planning to buy a=20 > good, supported and possibly not very expensive SATA RAID PCI=20 > controller for my FreeBSD server (an IBM x206). I'll install=20 > FreeBSD 6.0-R from scratch. >=20 3Ware is my favorite, it has a true hardware based RAID. I thought hipoint, promise etc just leach off of the cpu to do its job. I paid just over $100.00 for a 2 port 64bit 3Ware card. Recommend the WD Raid edition drives. Alt+2 to setup the RAID array in the 3Ware bios page. Group the drives.. Boot FreeBSD and it sees the card without having to do anything. Neeto GUI webserver to check array etc. It can also email you if the array gets into trouble..
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