Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:49:52 -0400 From: "Simon" <simon@optinet.com> To: "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>, "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com> Subject: Re: I'm stupid Message-ID: <20050719174951.107AA43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <42DD2A06.8090106@psknet.com>
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I would check the manual (don't just try it, you might burn it) to see if the card is backward compatible, a lot are. -Simon On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:27:50 -0400, Troy Settle wrote: > >Ok, I'm stupid... > >I pulled some old servers out of service, one of which is a 2.8Ghz P4 >w/HTT that I was going to turn into a web server. So, I called up one >of my favorite vendors and asked them for a 4 disk SATA RAID solution. >They came up with a really slick sounding setup: > > 3Ware 9000-something (listed as supported under 5.x) > 4x 80GB/8MB SATA Drives > Rhino (or something) hot-swap SATA cage... > >It all arrived today, and to my suprise, the 3ware card is a @#$@# 64bit >PCI card... not going to work in /any/ of the recycled servers I'm >wanting to build. I mean, come on... if I was going to invest in a >high-end server board with 64bit PCI slots, I wouldn't waste my time >with SATA, it'd be U320 all the way. > >Of course, I could have just used an old AMI Megaraid 266 controller >w/U2W drives, but not ONE of my P4 boards will even boot with the thing... > >Anyone have any reccomendations on a reliable, 32-bit PCI, 4-port SATA >raid(5) controller for FreeBSD 5.x? > > >Thanks, > >-- > Troy Settle > Pulaski Networks > 866.477.5638 > http://www.psknet.com >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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