From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 30 07:52:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2D9A16A41F for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:52:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ale@unixmania.net) Received: from fe-6c.inet.it (fe-6c.inet.it [213.92.5.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3030A43D46 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:52:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ale@unixmania.net) Received: from 81-174-26-112.f5.ngi.it ([::ffff:81.174.26.112]) by fe-6c.inet.it via I-SMTP-5.2.3-521 id ::ffff:81.174.26.112+WsKouO03wS5; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:52:23 +0100 Received: by libero.sunshine.ale (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 51A521550CC; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:53:01 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:53:01 +0100 From: Alessandro de Manzano To: "Gary D. Margiotta" Message-ID: <20051130085301.B75718@libero.sunshine.ale> References: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A949DD27A@VIP10-WIN2K> <20051129211315.F64841@kerplunk.tbe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20051129211315.F64841@kerplunk.tbe.net>; from gary@tbe.net on Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 09:26:58PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p3 Cc: "Toll, Eric" , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what about highpoint 1640 SATA RAID controller ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:52:25 -0000 On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 09:26:58PM -0500, Gary D. Margiotta wrote: > It depends on what Highpoint controllers you are talking about. There are > "soft" versions from Promise and Highpoint, which leach off the CPU for a > lot of their work. This is the case with the 1640 controller I believe. > However, at least with Highpoint, they do offer a series with a dedicated > processor onboard, which is their "A" series, which is meant to compete > with the offerings of 3Ware. As I wrote in another mail, the 1640 too seems to be hardware-based (according to the online PDF manual), it also provides a BIOS based utility at boot. > I recently purchased an 1820A series controller from Highpoint, which is > an 8-port Serial ATA controller, 64-bit (32-bit PCI compatible), for just > over $200 USD. I paired it up with 4 WD 320GB drives, in a RAID-5 config, It's a bit too much for my needs, the price is interesting for an 8-drive card, but it's over ny needs and my money (I couldn't buy so much HDs anyways ;)) ) > hptmv0: mem 0xd8000000-0xd807ffff irq 18 > at device 18.0 on pci0 > RocketRAID 182x SATA Controller driver Version 1.1 > RR182x [0,0]: channel started successfully > RR182x [0,1]: channel started successfully > RR182x [0,2]: channel started successfully > RR182x [0,3]: channel started successfully > RR182x: RAID5 write-back enabled > > da0 at hptmv0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device > da0: 915735MB (1875425280 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 116739C) very nice... I guess the 1640's would be recognized as ata(4) devices, it seems to me the hptmv(4) is only for 182x. thanks for answer! :) -- bye! Ale ale@unixmania.net