From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 19 10:00:10 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6A616A401 for ; Sat, 19 May 2007 10:00:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulf@alameda.net) Received: from mail.alameda.net (mail.alameda.net [64.81.53.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89FD913C45A for ; Sat, 19 May 2007 10:00:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulf@alameda.net) Received: by mail.alameda.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A953F33D34; Sat, 19 May 2007 02:34:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 02:34:37 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070519093437.GU90777@evil.alameda.net> References: <20070517120606.GA67289@psconsult.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070517120606.GA67289@psconsult.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE X-ANI-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ANI-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ANI-MailScanner-From: ulf@alameda.net Subject: Re: HW RAID advice requested X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 10:00:10 -0000 On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 02:06:07PM +0200, Paul Schenkeveld wrote: > Hi, > > Need some advice on currently available, FreeBSD compatible SATA or > SATA/SAS controllers which can do hardware raid (depending on thruput > we will have to choose between RAID-1 and RAID-5 later). I see the > Adaptec RAID controllers (both SATA and SAS) are supported by the aac > driver but looking thru the FreeBSD mail archives I see no comparison > information with other brands such as 3ware. > > Ths machine will run FreeBSD 7 and use ZFS (the server will not go > live until 2008 so I hope ZFS may be production quality in time). > > Any suggestions? Boads to buy definitively or to avoid at all? > > Thanks in advance! I am partial to HP hardware, it is what we use at work and I haven't really looked at other controllers lately. The Pxxx SmartArray controllers I have used so far (P400i, P600, P800) with 10K 2.5" and 15k 2.5" drives have left so far a good impression on me. And 6.2-Rel cciss driver does support them. I might take a server tomorrow and finally do some more testing under FreeBSD (we unfortunatly use mostly linux) including speed as I got one server right now with a P400i internal attached to 4x72GB 10k 2.5" and a P800 with 25x72GB 15K 2.5" external. -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://www.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html