From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 19 08:41:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1017C1065670 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:41:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de) Received: from mrelay1.uni-hannover.de (mrelay1.uni-hannover.de [130.75.2.106]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EF438FC14 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:41:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.pmp.uni-hannover.de (www.pmp.uni-hannover.de [130.75.117.2]) by mrelay1.uni-hannover.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nAJ8fTCJ028421; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:41:30 +0100 Received: from pmp.uni-hannover.de (arc.pmp.uni-hannover.de [130.75.117.1]) by www.pmp.uni-hannover.de (Postfix) with SMTP id D200E24; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:41:29 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:41:29 +0100 From: Gerrit =?UTF-8?B?S8O8aG4=?= To: Freddie Cash Message-Id: <20091119094129.c74f805f.gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20091118101706.780938ba.gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> <20091118180939.2691c2cd.gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> Organization: Albert-Einstein-Institut (MPI =?UTF-8?B?ZsO8cg==?= Gravitationsphysik & IGP =?UTF-8?B?VW5pdmVyc2l0w6R0?= Hannover) X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-PMX-Version: 5.5.5.374460, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.1.369594, Antispam-Data: 2009.11.19.83045 Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: Support for SAS/SATA non-RAID adapters X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:41:33 -0000 On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:35:56 -0800 Freddie Cash wrote about Re: Support for SAS/SATA non-RAID adapters: FC> > Hm, I don't know the recent exchange rate, but are you sure this is FC> > the same card? I paid something like 80,-€ (excl. VAT). FC> Oops, you're right, was reading the model numbers wrong. The FC> LSI1068-based one is only $129 CDN, the Intel IOP-based ones are FC> $200-300 CDN. That makes sense then. FC> Last time I checked the Euro was in the $1.50-2.00 CDN range. Seems to be something like 1.55 these days. FC> > I guess the version of the card I have here was actually intended to FC> > be used in some kind of special Supermirco-Extension Slot. However, FC> > it fits into a standard PCIe slot and works nicely there as far as I FC> > can tell. Do you have the opportunity of using a riser card that FC> > would give you one more slot? FC> Urgh, I have yet to find a riser card that will plug into a Tyan FC> motherboard and not cause issues. Due to all the issues we've had FC> with riser cards in the past, we have sworn off all riser cards. For FC> our 2U servers, we use low-profile cards to avoid risers. I had some trouble with risers in the past, too. However, I have a Tyan Transport here that seems to work nicely at least with the riser that came with the system. FC> I'll keep looking for a PCI-X card. These look like they'll cover our FC> PCIe needs. Please let us know if you find one that is suitable. I spent quite some time to dig out the Supermicro card; cheap (without raid) and FreeBSD-supported cards with more than 4 channels are not that common. cu Gerrit