From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 17:37:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E16616A57A for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:37:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from enterprise.sd73.bc.ca (fax.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A6A43D53 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:37:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: by enterprise.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix, from userid 104) id 58C6A140000C4; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (unknown [10.10.10.17]) by enterprise.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05580140000C7 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:26:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by webmail.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix, from userid 101) id 79716900044D; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:51:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF759000636 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:50:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 192.168.0.10 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fcash) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca with HTTP; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:50:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37127.192.168.0.10.1154451052.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <7387FC94-54C8-48F4-95A7-BB3F9DC755A4@shire.net> References: <20060731224403.T27679@ganymede.hub.org> <7387FC94-54C8-48F4-95A7-BB3F9DC755A4@shire.net> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:50:52 -0700 (PDT) From: "Freddie Cash" To: stable@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT8514RZ ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fcash@ocis.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:37:33 -0000 On Mon, July 31, 2006 11:05 pm, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On Jul 31, 2006, at 7:49 PM, User Freebsd wrote: >> I have a remote server, running the above RAID controller, that, as >> most ppl here have seen over the past few weeks, is causing >> endless headaches ... >> >> Official word from Adaptec is that FreeBSD is no longer a supported >> platform, so, I either live with the deadlocks, or try and figure >> out a suitable replacement for the card ... >> >> So, can anyone recommend a card to replace this with? Its a remote >> server, so I'm looking for something that will be plug-n-play, >> same slot that the GDT is in ... I realize that I'll have to >> reformat the server afterwards ... > > You may want to consider the LSI MegaRAID cards... There are various > ones. Do you need the low profile format? Look at the 320-1lp for > that otehrwise the 320-1 or 320-2x > > They have freebsd drivers and a command line management app. We've been bitten bad by these cards. LSI MegaRAID 150-6 SATA RAID controllers (PCI-X format). The management tools are crap, the throughput is crap, the onboard SATA chipset is a Silicon Image. And they will not run reliably when plugged into a riser card. Testing with FreeBSD 6.0 32-bit and 64-bit, and Debian Linux testing (32-bit and 64-bit) has shown these cards to not be worth the time, hassle, money, or effort. We lost data on several servers before narrowing down the cause to these cards. We lost several weeks of time diagnosing these things. And we lost several hundred dollars when the vendor wouldn't take them all back (we got them to trade most of them for 3Ware 9550SX cards). In our experience, these cards are crap, and their tech support isn't much better. ---- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net