From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 8 17:10:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A5316A400 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 17:10:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rink@thunderstone.rink.nu) Received: from mx1.rink.nu (thunderstone.rink.nu [80.112.228.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0349413C447 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 17:10:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rink@thunderstone.rink.nu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.rink.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC406D454; Tue, 8 May 2007 19:09:25 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rink.nu Received: from mx1.rink.nu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (thunderstone.rink.nu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YUTQ8Qc7xZ0S; Tue, 8 May 2007 19:09:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from thunderstone.rink.nu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.rink.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1F46D453; Tue, 8 May 2007 19:09:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from rink@localhost) by thunderstone.rink.nu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l48H9Kkw042620; Tue, 8 May 2007 19:09:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rink) Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 19:09:20 +0200 From: Rink Springer To: Barrett Lyon Message-ID: <20070508170920.GC21153@rink.nu> References: <9FC464A4-4405-4C10-A7CB-0A424EA4EAD3@blyon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9FC464A4-4405-4C10-A7CB-0A424EA4EAD3@blyon.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Functional RAID controller? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 17:10:40 -0000 On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 07:57:45AM -0700, Barrett Lyon wrote: > I would like to find a SATA RAID controller that plays nice by a > company that is FreeBSD friendly and progressively working on their > drivers. Does anyone have any suggestions other than to not use the > 7.0 branch? I'd suggest you look at the Areca series of controllers, supported by arcmsr(4). They are actively maintained, and have been rock solid for me. Performance is outstanding. I must say I have not tried the controller under CURRENT, but as the driver seems to be MFC'ed every now and then. -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But yet a far more terrible thing, to admit it." - Darth Traya