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Date:      Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:39:57 -0400
From:      "Toll, Eric" <etoll@vipstructures.com>
To:        <hardware@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: RAID Cards
Message-ID:  <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456EADA@VIP10-WIN2K>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org=20
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of
Bob Bomar
>=20
> I am looking to build a new file server.  I have used
Promise=20
> cards exclusivly in the past, but I am looking at
Highpoint=20
> cards for this machine.  Anybody have any opinions on RAID
cards?

I really like 3Ware cards.  They are true hardware (XOR)
RAID. They have a "neeto" 3DM2 web gui software interface,
and it can email you if the array gets into trouble.  I
think 3Ware has great OS support for BSD.  I am using a
3Ware RAID card with (2) WD RAID edition drives, on AMD64
(Hammer) FreeBSD without issue.

Define the array via "alt+3" in the BIOS, install BSD as you
would for a standard disk. Easy!







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