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Cc: Alex Keda <admin@lissyara.su>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Promise SATA300 TX4302 feedback?
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Eirik Øverby wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking to buy a Promise SATA300 TX4302 (PCI->[e]SATA) card to 
>>>> use for external backups on a FreeBSD 6-STABLE system. Can anyone 
>>>> share their experiences with this one?
>>> Use Hardware Controllers - such as 3ware....
>>>
>>
>> I'm not quite getting what you mean -- can you clarify please?
>
> What he means is use controllers that do RAID in hardware, not 
> software-raid cards like that Promise.

I don't need RAID, I just need an eSATA jack.

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