Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:31:58 -0700 From: "Matthew Jacob" <lydianconcepts@gmail.com> To: "Ade Lovett" <ade@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Current favorite FC HBA? Message-ID: <7579f7fb0607161131h19a995ffjeceda64feb4d7a7a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3B9652BC-027D-4FC5-A2E9-3CD7AF12DC4B@freebsd.org> References: <813466C3-8E34-4886-9689-044086F4F64C@dragondata.com> <7376DAAA-4C67-495F-A532-5A86C47E8F75@FreeBSD.org> <7579f7fb0607140806q1cf1baf4q24a6f2ec14118a54@mail.gmail.com> <3B9652BC-027D-4FC5-A2E9-3CD7AF12DC4B@freebsd.org>
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On 7/16/06, Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Jul 14, 2006, at 08:06 , Matthew Jacob wrote: > > The 234X will be EOL'd I hear by the end of the year. > > Shame. Nice cards. Got any suggestions for new gear? I'm trying to get the 2422 support complete. > > > SCSI drives aren't that much cheaper. > > We've found that given the bigger market share of SCSI as opposed to > FCAL drives, whilst the price differential between SCSI and FCAL is > minimal, in terms of acquiring the hardware, the JBOD chassis, and > the inevitable RMAs, SCSI wins hands down. Oh, that's probably true, yes. > > I'd love to go complete FCAL, but right now it just doesn't really > seem to be an option. More's the pity :( > Wait a year. SAS/SATA will blow both away for nearline.
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