Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 23:37:19 +0200 (CEST) From: Noses <noses@noses.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID Controllers Message-ID: <200106202137.f5KLbJ798060@proxon.bnc.net>
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In article <200106202025.f5KKPNx30417@mute.Verbose.ORG> randy@verbose.org (Randy Primeaux) wrote: > > While I recognize this is outside your specification, I highly > recommend 3ware Escalade Storage Switch IDE controllers. > > http://www.3ware.com/ I have two similar machines running, one with an Adaptec board and 8 U160 disks (IBM IC35L073UWD210) and another one with an Escalade 6800 and 8 80 GB Maxtor ATA-100 drives. I didn't check performance (as I didn't really care for that, this was someone else's problem) but did the more interesting part: I turned off a disk and waited for activation of the hot spare and - while it was being refreshed pulled another disk from the RAID 0+1 sets. The SCSI solution was whining a bit louder about life being unfair and performance being degraded. Considering the price of both solutions it seems to me that the 3ware controllers are a good deal. But you should order their 36 inch cables too... And a good casing that gives you some space for all those cables. Noses. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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