From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 6 02:54:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFCE516A4DD for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 02:54:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B0E43D5E for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 02:54:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839388A0026; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:01:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 74621-01-11; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:01:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (unknown [10.10.10.17]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 445E38A0034; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:01:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51F7B9000612; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 19:53:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 24.71.118.34 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fcash) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca with HTTP; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 19:53:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <62134.24.71.118.34.1152154430.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <10fd06c60607051802jd9d6158ufd3406465cc64dfc@mail.gmail.com> References: <10fd06c60607051802jd9d6158ufd3406465cc64dfc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 19:53:50 -0700 (PDT) From: "Freddie Cash" To: "Derrick T. Woolworth" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA300 Controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fcash@ocis.net List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:54:05 -0000 On Wed, July 5, 2006 6:02 pm, Derrick T. Woolworth wrote: > Sorry for cross-posting, but these issues seem relevant for lists... > Has anyone had success with SATA300 controllers with FreeBSD 6.1? > I've been trying Promise and nVidia nForce4 and I'm not having any > luck. Using a MSI K8NGM2-L motherboard and others, but 6.1's Considered getting a real, server-class motherboard with a server-class chipset on it? Something using an AMD 8000-series chipset, or a ServerWorks chipset, or even (as a last resort) an Intel chipset? Something other than nVidia and Ati. :) We're got several dozen servers (tower and rackmount) using Tyan S2882 motherboards, with 3Ware Escalade 9550SX RAID controllers. Running FreeBSD 6.1 on a 12x 400 GB SATA HD RAID5 array was fun. :) 4 TB of usable diskspace. Unfortunately, it was reformatted with Debian Linux before being put into production. ---- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net