From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 19:20:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83C0937B401 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.mho.com (smtp.mho.net [64.58.4.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9811343FA3 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:20:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scottl@freebsd.org) Received: (qmail 47393 invoked by uid 1002); 9 Aug 2003 02:20:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freebsd.org) (64.58.1.252) by smtp.mho.net with SMTP; 9 Aug 2003 02:20:09 -0000 Message-ID: <3F345A60.4030209@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:20:16 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Ballantyne References: <20030808223137.25383.qmail@ssr.com> In-Reply-To: <20030808223137.25383.qmail@ssr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 2120S? X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 02:20:11 -0000 Scott Ballantyne wrote: > I am contemplating building a server using FreeBSD 4.8 with two Athlon > 2400MP and a Gigabyte GA-7DPXDW motherboard. > > I'd like to use RAID on this box, and am wondering if anyone has any > experiences with the Adaptec 2120S at all, but of course, especially > with this combination. I'm also interested in recommendations for > drives. > > Thanks in advance for any input. > > Sincerely, > Scott The 2120S works fine, though it seems to be problematic when paired with Seagate Ultra320 drives. Make sure that you have the latest firmware for both the card and the drives. Scott