From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 22:37:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3530B16A484 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:37:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA2E613C447 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:37:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.14,562,1170595800"; d="scan'208";a="92699348" Received: from ppp100-124.static.internode.on.net (HELO mail.biocentral-labs.com) ([150.101.100.124]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 22 May 2007 08:07:47 +0930 Received: from [192.168.0.93] (port=54652 helo=bofh.spyderweb.com.au) by mail.biocentral-labs.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1HqGVa-0003EH-4K; Tue, 22 May 2007 08:07:46 +0930 Message-ID: <46521F23.7050409@spyderweb.com.au> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:07:23 +0930 From: Tim Aslat User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070507) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adriaan de Groot References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.biocentral-labs.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see The administrator of that system for details. Content preview: In the immortal words of Adriaan de Groot on 05/19/07 18:26: > Various Promise controllers (TX2, TX4, 4302) fall in the high end of that > range, as do (PCI 2-port) SiI 3112 controllers. There's also the SiI 3124 > (PCI-X 4-port) and SiI 3132 (PCIe x1 2-port) but those are in -CURRENT only > or you need to MFC them yourself (I can give you a tarball of that, but > obviously those are all way off the supported track). Those SiI cards will go > for about $30, I think. [...] Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:37:49 -0000 In the immortal words of Adriaan de Groot on 05/19/07 18:26: > Various Promise controllers (TX2, TX4, 4302) fall in the high end of that > range, as do (PCI 2-port) SiI 3112 controllers. There's also the SiI 3124 > (PCI-X 4-port) and SiI 3132 (PCIe x1 2-port) but those are in -CURRENT only > or you need to MFC them yourself (I can give you a tarball of that, but > obviously those are all way off the supported track). Those SiI cards will go > for about $30, I think. I'm running (well, trying to) the TX2 card from Promise but I've had no end of trouble lately with it losing drives. I'm actually suspecting the mainboard as the board has been suspect for some time, but since this is a backup server I was hoping I might have gotten away with it. Alas, in the gmirror raid configuration I have, I regularly lose at least one and sometimes both drives, and my only option is to power off the machine and restart. This problem has been getting progressively worse now over the past couple of weeks, and I'm not sure if it's the controller or the mainboard. Anyone else having this problem? Incidentally, the machine is running a reasonably recent version of FreeNAS (based on 6.2 Release) 1G Ram and p4 CPU. I don't know offhand the mainboard spec but I can find out if it's needed. Hopefully someone can tell me it's the mainboard rather than the controller, since it's going to be easier getting a new mainboard. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Mobile: +61 0401088479