From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 10:27:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C0F106566C for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:27:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E778FC23 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:27:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C9B051CC0BB; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:27:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:27:38 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Lukas Razik Message-ID: <20080813102738.GA89899@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <200808110000.58666.freebsd@razik.name> <20080810234421.GA90311@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <200808112221.00672.freebsd@razik.name> <20080811205530.GA54217@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080813091654.GA86595@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <48A2B5BC.7080701@razik.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48A2B5BC.7080701@razik.name> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issue with 7.0-RELEASE and Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:27:39 -0000 On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:21:48PM +0200, Lukas Razik wrote: > Hello Jeremy! > > Jeremy Chadwick schrieb: >> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 01:55:30PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> >>> But in this day and age, one of the best SATA controllers for FreeBSD is >>> an Areca controller. They're somewhat expensive (comparatively), but >>> the performance is apparently stunning, combined with decent FreeBSD >>> drivers that utilise CAM and da(4) (yes, despite the disks being SATA). >>> Every time people mention them on the lists, the response is the same: >>> amazing performance, and really good driver + administrative support >>> (e.g. software administrative utilities). >>> >>> I do wish Areca made a less expensive controller with less features, >>> intended for "tech-savvy" consumer use, in the US$125 or less price >>> range. >> >> >> And it appears they now do: the ARC-1200. PCIe x1, has 2 ports, and >> on-board cache. It lacks an IOP, so the performance won't be that of >> one of the more expensive cards. Either way, quite good for 2-disk >> servers: >> >> http://www.areca.com.tw/products/2ports.htm >> >> Cost is ~US$175. A little steep, but the on-board cache supposedly >> justifies it (IMHO, barely). Hopefully the price will come down to >> US$100-125, which would be perfect. >> > > Ooops, I haven't seen your eMail when I wrote you the last some minutes > ago... :-) > > I know this controller (as I wrote you) for some days now. Here in > Germany I've only seen one Online-Shop where this controller is listed. > If the HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 (100EUR =~ 150USD) isn't as good as I > hope, then I will test the Areca ARC-1200 (140EUR =~ 210USD). I've stayed away from HighPoint since the release of their HPT366 and HPT370/372 chips, which were horrible. That said, *please* let me know how their RocketRAID products perform and behave under FreeBSD. I'm interested to know if they've learned from past mistakes. > But you wrote "It lacks an IOP [...]". Do you mean that it will have no > Intel IOP because they only write it has a "500MHz Storage processor" > and therefore it will be not as fast as the other controllers from Areca? Correct. I'm lead to believe that the ambiguous "500Mhz Storage processor" item refers to a non-Intel processor of some sort. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |