From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 16:46:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E16A106564A for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:46:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com) Received: from david.siemens.de (david.siemens.de [192.35.17.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24CC8FC1B for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.siemens.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by david.siemens.de (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o2TGk9uP032414; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:46:09 +0200 Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.40.130]) by mail2.siemens.de (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o2TGk9sC002700; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:46:09 +0200 Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.14.4/8.14.4) id o2TGk9VS003368; Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:46:08 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Andy Wodfer Message-ID: <20100329164608.GA37357@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <23ed14b81003180137n61261b5axa22677a0a7bbe544@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <23ed14b81003180137n61261b5axa22677a0a7bbe544@mail.gmail.com> X-Echelon: X-Advice: Drop that crappy M$-Outlook, I'm tired of your viruses! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Hardware RAID controller questions - 3Ware vs RocketRaid X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:46:11 -0000 On Thu, 18-Mar-2010 at 09:37:32 +0100, Andy Wodfer wrote: > Hi, > We're setting up two backup servers where each server will have about 4TB of > harddrives (for now) connected (4x1TB and 8x500GB drives). Last night we ran > into trouble with the 3ware controllers we have (9650SE-8LPML) because we > couldn't create a larger RAID5 than 1.99TB. I can only speak for a 9690SA-8I, but this thing is amazing. It handles FSs over 2TB pretty well: twa0: <3ware 9000 series Storage Controller> port 0xc800-0xc8ff mem 0xfa000000-0xfbffffff,0xfeaff000-0xfeafffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci4 twa0: [ITHREAD] twa0: INFO: (0x15: 0x1300): Controller details:: Model 9690SA-8I, 128 ports, Firmware FH9X 4.10.00.007, BIOS BE9X 4.08.00.002 And with 8 1TB in a RAID5 drives it gives me: da0 at twa0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 box:~>diskinfo /dev/da0 /dev/da0 512 6999924277248 13671727104 851025 255 63 -Andre > > We are going to use FreeBSD 8.0 and Bacula, but first we obviously need to > create a working RAID. > > My questions are: > > - Are HighPoint RocketRaid controllers a good alternative to 3ware > controllers? Are RocketRaid controllers true hardware RAID? > > - What should we look for in a RAID controller spec to see that it has > support for larger than 2TB RAIDs? > > I've been looking at these: > http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series_rr2300.htm > http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series_rr3500.htm > > Any FreeBSD recommendations? Or perhaps for another 3ware controller? > > We're using SATAII drives. > > Thanks for your help! > > Best regards, > Andreas > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- I am forced by company policy to use Micro$oft products. I am not responsible for this choice and decline any responsibility for any harm which may be caused by it.