From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 11 01:34:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24BAA16A4D0 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:34:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 956FA43D5D for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:34:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kc.somaratne@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a36so36792rnf for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:34:04 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=fN+mxina2bWsYZWLCmWsV7gjaDZRIQVAIr2sZHcQ/lAaI1AksTRMpNISvmb9JgWIQzObqLEUeVmeMtkVn5UxcSSHO8eprtffaTP5PC4iZWHsfZAZVJ+qWsdIvYmZJr3TW+0H9LXfYe4ya+QKKmvHkXyyXl0Ht+U96mFCp/A6u98= Received: by 10.38.208.79 with SMTP id f79mr236233rng; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:34:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.79.61 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:34:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9967ef0705011017349502ff6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:34:04 +0800 From: KC Somaratne To: Scott Long In-Reply-To: <41DF5C62.8020906@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <9967ef0705010519435b6bbd66@mail.gmail.com> <41DE36BE.8050205@freebsd.org> <9967ef0705010703424e9081a0@mail.gmail.com> <9967ef0705010707196cf0434b@mail.gmail.com> <41DF5C62.8020906@freebsd.org> cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Recommended RAID controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: KC Somaratne List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:34:06 -0000 On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 21:06:58 -0700, Scott Long wrote: > > The 2230SLP will use the 'aaccli' that can be found in the FreeBSD ports > tree, and can run the linux aaccli that can be found on the CD that > comes with the card. I haven't done a lot of testing with this card to > say whether or not it's reliable, but it's definitely a candidate. > > I really don't know what I'd recommend. The aac cards seem to be 'good > enough' for most people. The amr driver is suffering from instability > under heavy load, unfortunately. The ciss hardware and drivers are > pretty good, but are somewhat hard to get ahold of. > > Scott Hi Scott, Thank you very much for your advice. I still have a problem with the local IBM guys refusing to support the Adaptec card though. They've agreed to get me the information needed to help with using the ServeRAID card. But looking at the man page for the ips driver absolutely scares me. What information do you exactly need from the IBM/Adaptec folks to get the ips driver and the Linux management apps to work to a descent level. Let me know and I'll talk to them and see if I can help you to get that information. I can also help you with some of the testing as well. I'd hate to resort to using Linux, just because of the issue with this card. It's actually a damn good card if we can get it to work under FreeBSD. Thanks in advance, -kc.