Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:14:17 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com>, scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Today's best RAID card? Message-ID: <200011170514.eAH5EHF00598@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:34:23 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.10011162031260.11338-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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> > > Once 4.2 hits RELEASE, what is going to be the best host-based RAID
> > > controller?
> >
> > "Best" In which context?
>
> Reliable.
I'm pretty happy with all of the RAID controllers I'm supporting apart
from the 'aac' hardware at the moment (which is why it's not in -stable!).
> > Unless you're allergic to IDE, I'd strongly consider the 3ware ATA cards;
> > for RAID0 and RAID1 it's impossible to beat them on price/performance,
> > and they have FreeBSD native management tools in beta right now.
>
> I'm looking at the new IBM Netfinity 4500/x340 which includes three
> hotswap SCSI bays on a SCSI backplane. Adding a SCSI RAID card to these
> is easy. Adding IDE isn't.
Fair enough. For something like this, I'd recommend one of the low-end
AMI (eg. Express 500), Mylex (AcceleRAID 170) or Adaptec (ASR2100) cards.
> In fact, does hotswap IDE even work?
Yes; the 3ware 6x00 family cards should do it pretty well.
> > For SCSI RAID; I am still working on management. I really, really need
> > volunteers for this though; my time just isn't enough for this.
>
> Volunteers to do what exactly?
Code; you interested?
Regards,
Mike
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