From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 20:58:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B343106566B for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:58:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@midsummerdream.org) Received: from smtpauth04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpauth04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C69A8FC12 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:58:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 12684 invoked from network); 29 Jun 2010 20:58:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (75.57.137.115) by smtpauth04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.95) with ESMTP; 29 Jun 2010 20:58:27 -0000 Message-ID: <4C2A5E6E.4030005@midsummerdream.org> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:58:22 -0500 From: Rob User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100515 Lightning/1.0b1 Icedove/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Recommended supported SATA Cards? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lists@midsummerdream.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:58:31 -0000 I've been trying to find a PCI-e SATA II (300MB/s) controller card for a FreeBSD 8.0 system, but am having problems determining if FreeBSD 8.0 will support them. Ideally I'd like to find one that is not a HW Raid controller, as I don't need that functionality since I place to use ZFS and the HW Raid on the card just gets in the way. I know that a HighPoint RocketRAID 23x0 (2310, 2320) will work with the htprr driver, but those are HW RAID cards. I've found 'Adaptec 2241000-R 1430SA' and 'Rosewill RC-218' cards, and those are the ones I'm having a hard time telling if FreeBSD supports. Searching of the e-mail archives has given me mixed results and nothing definitive to say that they work. I'm not sure what chipset the Adaptec 2241000-R 1430SA uses, but the Rosewill uses the Marvell 88SX7042 chipset. I'd prefer to use Adaptec if possible as in the past they produced good SCSI boards and used to be well supported (in Linux anyway), but I'll use the Rosewill if it's well supported in FreeBSD. It's also possible Adaptec has taken a hit in support/quality since I last used one of their boards. :) Does anyone know if the above boards are supported in FreeBSD? Anyone have any recommendations for PCI-e 4x SATA controllers with a minimum of 4 internal connectors? Rob