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Date:      Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:06:25 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: quick check - adaptec 2820sa on FreeBSD 6.1 ?
Message-ID:  <4489F0E1.5020109@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0606091740470.24656-100000@shell.dhp.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0606091740470.24656-100000@shell.dhp.com>

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Ensel Sharon wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Steven Hartland wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ensel Sharon wrote:
>>
>>>I want to use raid-6 with FreeBSD, is what I am trying to say.
>>
>>The Areca controller is definitely supported and provides
>>hardware RAID 6 support.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks.  I already have an infrastructure built around aaccli, automated
> alerts, and training, etc.  I am sort of wedded to PERC/aac/adaptec/etc.
> 
> I just want to make sure that the 2820sa is just as nicely working and
> supported as any other PERC/aac, and that raid-6 support is accessed and
> used through the BIOS just like any other raid configuration on any other
> aac card...
> 
> Can someone confirm that ?
> 

Yes, it works.  Again, if it's critical to your business or operations, 
then you'll want to validate it first.  From your posting, I imagine
that you understand and appreciate this already.

Scott



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