From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 23 20:07:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C1B616A4DD for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:07:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from havoc.unixathome.org (havoc.unixathome.org [66.154.98.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4830243D45 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:07:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by havoc.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0BFD5648A for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:07:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at unixathome.org Received: from havoc.unixathome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (havoc.unixathome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id r4hC83Hy8lsh for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:07:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bast.unixathome.org (bast.unixathome.org [70.26.229.230]) by havoc.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F3C756485 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:07:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.55.0.99] (wocker.unixathome.org [10.55.0.99]) by bast.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7EE8B822 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:07:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Langille" To: amd64@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:07:32 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <44EC7D44.25011.1DAB3E91@dan.langille.org> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <1156345518.15990.1.camel@localhost> References: <20060823120146.GA21578@rancor.immure.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.31) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Cc: Subject: Re: suggestions for SATA RAID cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:07:39 -0000 On 23 Aug 2006 at 10:05, Greg Martin wrote: > I find it hard to believe nobody has mentioned 3ware, they are a bit > more expensive but you pay for top notch quality, stability... > > Their newer cards support PCI-X and SATA II /w hotswap. 3Ware came to my party when setting up a new server for FreeBSD Diary and co. They sent me a 9550SX-8LP. The only problem I had was solved with a firmware upgrade. So far, I've build the RAID10 array with 8 Raptors (6 live, 2 hot swap) and created a NetSaint plugin for it. I do like their CLI interface. It is very comprehensive: http://www.freebsddiary.org/3ware-9550SX-8LP-cli.php I can confirm the hot-swap works for me. More details of my 9550SX-8LP experience are in these articles: http://www.freebsddiary.org/topics.php?aid=606 cheers -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php