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Dan Langille writes:

> 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...

3wares once they are up and running they seem reliable.. but of 6 (maybe 7) 
controllers we have got so far.. 2 of them have had problems and needed to 
be replaced. Not exactly very good percentage of defect. :-(
    
> I do like their CLI interface.  It is very comprehensive:  
> http://www.freebsddiary.org/3ware-9550SX-8LP-cli.php


Have you tried the web interface?
It's much nicer than CLI.. and you can set it up to listen only on 127 and 
then do a port forward with SSH.