From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 22 14:46:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D28D316A4E0 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:46:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AF8043D45 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:46:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1G4Ik7-000Juw-UL; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:46:12 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:46:11 -0600 To: Nikolas Britton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Areca RAID Card. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:46:12 -0000 On Jul 22, 2006, at 4:14 AM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > The motherboard I just bought, SuperMicro X7DBE, has both PCI-X > 133MHz/64-bit and PCI-Express 8x slots, I can't decide what version of > the Areca card to get... I'd like to see some benchmarks of the > ARC-11xx (PCI-X) Vs. the ARC-12xx (PCI-Express). > > The PCIe device has a faster bus (PCIe 8x = 2000MB/s) but PCI-X is > tried and true and not too shabby (PCI-X 133/64 = 850MB/s) ether. > > I have the option of ether a 1130ML (Infiniband connections) or a plan > jane 1230. I've had troubles with SATA cables in the passed so the > 1130ML is very desirable from this stand point. Another thing I'm > worried about is the 1230 will have to much weight on the PCIe 8x slot > because of all the SATA cables. and routing them all is a pain. Does > anyone have a source for an ARC-1230ML? On the other hand I've never > tried the latching SATA cables yet... but the ARC-1130 is $40 > cheaper... I was just looking at the difference between the 1130 and the 1130ML. ML cables are EXPENSIVE and look heavier than 4 normal cables... I just ordered an 1120 from and they were the cheapest I've seen. Will be needing an 1130 myself soon I think. Can't help you with the 1130 vs 1230. I would think the PCIe would be the way to go for future proofing your investment. best Chad > > I'll sleep on it for now... Thanks all. > > > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net