From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 17:21:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CA841065693 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:21:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from smtp.infidyne.com (ds9.infidyne.com [88.80.6.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CED358FC25 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:21:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from c-a916e555.03-51-73746f3.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (c-a916e555.03-51-73746f3.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se [85.229.22.169]) by smtp.infidyne.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 49B7F7ADC8; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:21:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Schuller To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:22:45 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart16988886.SpBpzAnUjj"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200808061922.55472.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Cc: Subject: Re: ZFS Advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:21:33 -0000 --nextPart16988886.SpBpzAnUjj Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline > - Which brand of controllers are best supported by FreeBSD? I've seen > 3Ware, Areca and LSI mentioned, and the prices are all pretty much the > same. Can anyone share some of their experiences with these vendors? I realize I am ignoring the most interesting bits of your post, but I recen= tly=20 found indications that the HighPoint driver in FreeBSD supports port=20 multipliers. I found someone claiming that it is supported on a mailinglist= =2E=20 Checking HighPoint does list multiplier support as an "official" card featu= re=20 for those cards that support it, and they are maintaining FreeBSD has a=20 supported platform AFAIK. I sent a request to them to confirm whether this= =20 was indeed the case, but haven't received a response (yet?). Since you mention you're on a budget, I thought I'd mention this since, ri= ght=20 now, the most likely future path for me will be either HighPoint if I can=20 confirm multiplier support, or future FreeBSD releases given that multiplie= r=20 support seems to be on the way in for various controllers. =2D-=20 / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller ' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org --nextPart16988886.SpBpzAnUjj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkiZ3e8ACgkQDNor2+l1i30T+wCfVMIs4YlYDxcnw2zhM3/HEFLR nGkAoMjTCSTDOUYVmDS3wHOnVBmdKtpp =Qcom -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart16988886.SpBpzAnUjj--