From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 00:00:06 2004 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG> 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 2BC2216A4CE for <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org>; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:00:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from isber.ucsb.edu (research.isber.ucsb.edu [128.111.147.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12CDF43D2F for <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org>; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:00:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from randall@ucsb.edu) Received: from casino.isber.ucsb.edu ([128.111.147.11]) by isber.ucsb.edu with esmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.36 #2) id 1CFL34-000LVX-00; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:18:18 -0700 Message-ID: <41647D3D.5070608@ucsb.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:18:21 -0700 From: randall ehren <randall@ucsb.edu> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Charles Sprickman <spork@fasttrackmonkey.com> References: <Pine.OSX.4.61.0410061830350.2086@oof.local> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSX.4.61.0410061830350.2086@oof.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanner: exiscan *1CFL34-000LVX-00*Rit8hQPj8II* (ISBER - Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research) cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommended RAID controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem <freebsd-scsi.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi>, <mailto:freebsd-scsi-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-scsi-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi>, <mailto:freebsd-scsi-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:00:06 -0000 > Should I even think about 3Ware IDE or SATA RAID cards? (yeah, this is > -scsi, but if I recall the 3Ware stuff is treated more like a scsi device) TWO VOTES: adaptec based dell PERC controllers (if you're buying a dell) 3Ware (whitebox computer) i have two 3Ware serial ata RAID-5 machines, the cards are great. web interface for management, fully freebsd compliant. -randall -- randall s. ehren :// 805.893.5632 systems administrator :// isber.ucsb.edu institute for social, behavioral, and economic research