From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 16:42:18 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 120E916A41C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:42:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA7B943D48 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:42:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1Do27E-000P2U-N2; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:42:17 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: <200506261830.MAA29221@lariat.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050627180959.087b8900@localhost> <104FD414-5FDD-4278-8422-D247D05BF946@shire.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:42:15 -0600 To: Nikolas Britton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50, GREYLIST_ISWHITE autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Mon May 30 00:43:02 MDT 2005) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Best hardware to mirror IDE drives under FreeBSD? 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: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:42:18 -0000 On Jun 30, 2005, at 10:34 AM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 6/27/05, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >> >> On Jun 27, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Brett Glass wrote: >> >> >>> At 06:34 PM 6/26/2005, Nikolas Britton wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Highpoint RocketRAID: >>>> 1640: 4xSATA, PCI 32bit, 33MHz >>>> 1810A: 4xSATA, PCI-X 64bit, 66/100/133Mhz >>>> 1820A: 8xSATA, PCI-X 64bit, 66/100/133Mhz >>>> 2220: 8xSATA-II, PCI-X 64bit, 66/100/133Mhz >>>> >>>> With the exception of the 2220 all of the other cards do RAID 5 in >>>> software. >>>> >> >> The 1820a has hardware XOR while the 1820 is purely software >> >> Chad >> >> > > Interesting, where did you find this bit of info at? > FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org :-) An earlier thread. Also, the highpoint website mentions it, the 1820a bit, (in other terms). Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net