From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 19 17:49:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77CB916A41F for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:49:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: from cobra.acceleratedweb.net (cobra-gw.acceleratedweb.net [207.99.79.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 107AA43D45 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:49:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: (qmail 30327 invoked by uid 110); 19 Jul 2005 17:49:50 -0000 Received: from ool-18ba9d5e.dyn.optonline.net (HELO win2kpc1) (simon%optinet.com@24.186.157.94) by cobra.acceleratedweb.net with SMTP; 19 Jul 2005 17:49:50 -0000 From: "Simon" To: "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" , "Troy Settle" Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:49:52 -0400 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2661) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;4) In-Reply-To: <42DD2A06.8090106@psknet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20050719174951.107AA43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: I'm stupid X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:49:53 -0000 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" >