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Subject: Re: Promise SATA300 TX4302 feedback?
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On Jan 2, 2009, at 19:38, Vlad Skvortsov wrote:

> Alex Keda wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm looking to buy a Promise SATA300 TX4302 (PCI->[e]SATA) card to  
>>> use for external backups on a FreeBSD 6-STABLE system. Can anyone  
>>> share their experiences with this one?
>> Use Hardware Controllers - such as 3ware....
>>
>
> I'm not quite getting what you mean -- can you clarify please?

What he means is use controllers that do RAID in hardware, not  
software-raid cards like that Promise.

/Eirik