From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 4 05:27:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B78516A41F for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 05:27:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michaelmeltzer@yahoo.com) Received: from web30109.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30109.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 06C2F43D45 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 05:27:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michaelmeltzer@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 42082 invoked by uid 60001); 4 Nov 2005 05:27:22 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=PZPITKhk7iiHZxJO2V/Dcg/MxL8aIjX4n7GgwU3de8cm3EtzHT64Zr7flp//B92iuGmLs0Z58WfT/r2pt0UWnlV8FT+Yk/PjDxZxxCUxJByHnXhqp2cAO6z1IpIaN9uEz+Rx9BHa6TAL2WxaFvcUOIfKPdW+spcc+Bq0ZH+zEb4= ; Message-ID: <20051104052722.42080.qmail@web30109.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.86.102.200] by web30109.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 21:27:22 PST Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:27:22 -0800 (PST) From: michael meltzer To: francisco@natserv.net, mjm@michaelmeltzer.com In-Reply-To: <20051103214406.R63335@zoraida.natserv.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk 100% busy X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mjm@michaelmeltzer.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 05:27:23 -0000 --- Francisco Reyes wrote: > On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, michael meltzer wrote: > > > > > Controller: > > http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata2-9000.asp > > 16 port muili-lane, with BU and 265meg, cheaper > than > > most SCSI controller > > From what I gather, the ARECA controllers have > significantly better > performance. > http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20051031/index.html problem is they only did a 8 banger at raid 5. http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=serioussataii&page=1 they did both 0 and 5 on a 8 banger Bottom line is they are the looking the same, AT least to my eye. the bigger issue for me is cabling, the sata connectors are a nightmare and a real PITA to work with, they fall off if you breath on the them wrong way or are doing any work in the box. It gets more fun when the "almost" fall off. 16 of them is evil :-) Multilane is the way to go for better reliability and to save me some problem now and in the future. The other issue is support, Vinod hangs out on the list and does a dam good job of supporting people. Better than most suport contracts, credit for good work and putting money were my mouth is, assuming the 16 port is not vaporware, ship in 30+- days, I use 6 on this job, it the right thing to do. -mjm __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com