From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 21 08:59:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B980D16A41F for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:59:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from yggdrasil.interstroom.nl (yggdrasil.interstroom.nl [80.85.129.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B4243D45 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:59:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from ip127-180.introweb.nl ([80.65.127.180] helo=[192.168.1.42]) by yggdrasil with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ee7V6-0004Ve-00 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:58:12 +0100 Message-ID: <43818C1F.50203@axis.nl> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:58:07 +0100 From: Olaf Greve User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.4.1.centos4 (X11/20051007) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org References: <20051119120051.39BE216A41F@hub.freebsd.org> <20051119200222.V2029@roble.com> In-Reply-To: <20051119200222.V2029@roble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner-Information: Interstroom virusscan, please e-mail helpdesk@interstroom.nl for more information X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: Subject: Re: Hardware RAID support? Which controller best to use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:59:40 -0000 Hi all, Well, the plot thickens and I have another follow-up question after all... I relayed the information I gathered from you all, and the person in charge indicated that he couldn't get the 9500S-4 directly from their normal supplier. They are somewhat pressed for installing the machine very soon, so he asked me if I knew if the Adaptec 2410SA would also work well... The details of this adapter can be found at: http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/product/proddetail.html?sess=no&language=English+US&prodkey=AAR-2410SA&cat=%2fTechnology%2fSerial+ATA%2fSerial+ATA+RAID+Controllers Surprise, surprise, once again FreeBSD is not mentioned on the list of supported OSes (do people even realise it exists? :( ). Has anyone tried this particular RAID controller, or a different Adaptec SATA one? I myself use Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers (the 2100S and the 2200S), and they are both supported in the generic kernel, but then, that's SCSI... Thanks again; if this adapter isn't any good with FreeBSD amd64 I'll tell them, and will urge them to do their best to find a 9500S (in fact: I'll already make sure to tell him that the list concensus is that the 9500S is preferrable). Cheers! Olafo