From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 03:06:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D96B516A41C for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:06:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0FB843D55 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:06:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from BLUELAPIS.sentex.ca (cage.simianscience.com [64.7.134.1]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with SMTP id j5R36LNJ050777; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:06:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) From: Mike Tancsa To: Bob Bomar Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:06:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <42BEDA12.9080600@ibsd.us> In-Reply-To: <42BEDA12.9080600@ibsd.us> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 205.211.164.50 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID Cards 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: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:06:33 -0000 On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:38:42 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >I am looking to build a new file server. I have used >Promise cards exclusivly in the past, but I am looking >at Highpoint cards for this machine. Anybody have any >opinions on RAID cards? =46or RAID1, the 3ware cards are great. I have been using them many years. For RAID5, I have started using the Areca SATA cards. VERY fast. Both are supported out of the box on FreeBSD 5.4 install CD ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)