Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:04:04 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: John Lengeling <johnl@raccoon.com> Cc: scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cheap AMI MegaRAID 428 boards Message-ID: <200003010304.TAA01721@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:17:14 CST." <38BC6F9A.CF26BAD1@raccoon.com>
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> I found a source for cheap (versus Adaptec) AMI MegaRAID 428 boards.
> Are these boards any good and does the freebsd driver work well with
> this board? They are used at $109.00 at www.teamexcess.com. It sounds
> like a good deal to me...
I've been quite happy with the 428, actually. It's a bit short on CPU
power, so don't expect miracles, but the UF80 firmware seems quite
reliable, and if you load it up with memory it tools along quite nicely.
Note that it only does 20MHz ("ultra") 16-bit SCSI; if you're more
interested in reliability than speed it should do you OK. Also note that
as yet we don't have a management interface for this controller family,
so you'll be flying a _little_ blind in eg. degraded/rebuild cases.
--
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\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com
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