From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 18 00:29:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40188106566C for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:29:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f185.google.com (mail-pz0-f185.google.com [209.85.222.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BD2B8FC1A for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:29:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk15 with SMTP id 15so382888pzk.3 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:29:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=/N4RlPHyj8d5sd0UajNR8EUsXXRRbh8Hh5HLM+MgkZQ=; b=cSmBuZa6gundS4pUoPtlKWLztQTiRaaFqdSnPJQosUcAzIjxGT+a7+IZD0Imx/2AFm WxBMgwFzkKmDVjxTMRB/GANKzMrk4AFRtaur8QVdzZZyMBWuiWsrWHovILd6u4GkQq0O PBnASyilA6wPA1iO2DNvHW+Yblx+BEye5rQjU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=u8tjVwkQQI+frKnuapuXj7QnZJXGRJ/8ICHO+JTNHxmA0aSH9wHZ7789CVXivMua3A SY33DvaxMmYyiCccCARETaZxpj6YbtpzUUJhyQYF3UiatM5RP4kYSH39dkzJUUZWJhpm rlT/y/SCwVh1tsNct+JO2mC2gN39zUl1gJMtM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.121.3 with SMTP id t3mr1047280wfc.246.1258504146396; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:29:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:29:06 -0800 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: FreeBSD Stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Support for SAS/SATA non-RAID adapters 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: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:29:07 -0000 I've spent the better part of today doing various web searches in Google, searches in newegg.ca/ncix.com, digging through mailing list archives (-hardware and -stable), man pages, and vendor websites looking for well-supported SATA/SAS adapters for use in FreeBSD storage servers. These servers will be using ZFS, so will not need fancy RAID controllers (currently, we're using 3Ware 9550SXU and 9650SE RAID controllers, which are increasingly hard to buy and very expensive at $1200+ CDN). The chassis have hot-plug SATA backplanes, so can use multi-lane cabling or standard SATA cabling. So far, I've come across a nice selection of LSI and Promise controllers, that are in the $200 - $400 CDN range, and seem to fit the bill. However, I can't find anything that definitively states whether they are supported by FreeBSD 7.x or 8.x. Thus, my questions to all of you: Are any of the following supported by FreeBSD 7/8? If so, by what driver? And do you have any experience (good/bad/otherwise) with any of them? LSI SAS 9211-8i 8-port SAS/SATA PCIe LSI SAS 3081E-R 8-port SAS/SATA PCIe LSI SAS 3080X-R 8-port SATA/SATA PCI-X Promise SuperTrak EX12350 12-port SATA PCIe Promise SuperTrak EX16350 16-port SATA PCIe Promise SuperTrak EX16300 16-port SATA PCI-X Promise SuperTrak EX16650 16-port SAS/SATA PCIe Any recommendations on other SAS/SATA controllers to look at (just not anything with MegaRAID in the name)? -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com