From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 18 17:51:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7204E106566C for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from numail.brianwhalen.net (numail.brianwhalen.net [66.93.34.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BF708FC1A for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by numail.brianwhalen.net (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 97A9628465; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:51:49 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on numail.brianwhalen.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=3.0 tests=none autolearn=failed version=3.2.5 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (numail.brianwhalen.net [192.168.15.25]) by numail.brianwhalen.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B78628443; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:51:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B043434.8090809@brianwhalen.net> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:51:48 -0800 From: Brian Whalen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Freddie Cash References: <20091118074329.GA13345@rink.nu> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: Support for SAS/SATA non-RAID adapters X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:51 -0000 Freddie Cash wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Rink Springer wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 08:38:21PM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote: >>> I've also found a couple of Areca cards (PCI-X, non-RAID/PCIe RAID), >>> and have heard good things about Areca support in FreeBSD. Any >>> comments on their quality/performance/reliability? >> I have got an Areca ARC-1110 4x SATA2 PCI-X card in my server, and I'm >> quite impressed with the performance; these cards do very well in terms >> I/O operations per second and the driver has been rock solid for me. The >> only downside is that they are quite expensive (but well worth it, IMO) > > Compared to a 3Ware 9550SXU controller, these are cheap. The Areca is > only $500 (open-box) or $700 (new) on newegg.ca. The 3Ware cards are > over $1000, with the PCIe versions being over $1200 (which is what > started me on this journey -- hardware budgets are getting smaller and > smaller each year). > The 3ware cards are not that expensive unless you need a truckload of ports. For the 9650SE on newegg.com; 2 port is 185 4 port is 324 8 port is 525 12 port is 669 Where are you getting the 1200 dollar price from?