From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 16 12:42:05 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 9CEB41065674 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:42:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DB188FC27 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:42:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi17 with SMTP id 17so259996wwi.31 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:42:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=BsUeLlUMzTG15GO5MakHBtvAVa3yqGdY7EtMNVQ/DnA=; b=BkU5A1ljoarqBcOZq1ZPT0tor9c43z2CtWvWJiFlUxRNg2QHzwQ0ps2YU3CUCwHYTV 1OjXHMQDeqtyGDVjI1tHQPm+CEkRg66t3mAspVmgWQwhwi89HWhuku8gSy8Oi7NVSbkQ CIQld/rkkBYcFy80yknS2VtvOQWa3cLQxJnbw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=r8qtqeq0VcORHslEBFmL+xjfNrA71e3ac+JfTti6NHJAvXlVQz2PJU+P5Phx/Rj6Mg xBfwoOmbIb/3kW3KJWdhs0StaSbgAU7ZsPILPnlx3rmpU9mKZr1+vjHAtGyWjBfFxeDp AO5Hyt3WcACArlpiQFOQpdWvZ6KpLBTolf+nk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.128.19 with SMTP id i19mr2694180wbs.104.1284639472737; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.133.2 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:17:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100916113607.00002212@unknown> References: <20100916090505.00005180@unknown> <20100916110130.000021e1@unknown> <20100916113607.00002212@unknown> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:17:52 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Bruce Cran Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD , claudiu vasadi Subject: Re: (no subject) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:42:05 -0000 On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:23:36 +0200 > claudiu vasadi wrote: > >> what s-ata1 controller would you recommend in this case ? > > I don't know, I've just heard that the Sil adapters have a bad > reputation, including for data corruption. Things may have improved in > the 5 years since though. I can chime in here -- I've gone through two SiI 3114s (Rosewill RC-209s). Fortunately for me, the system wasn't critical and the cards failed at reboots -- and I had spares :) The upside is, if you're using ZFS, data corruption may not be an issue. Also, did we mention that the cards are CHEAP? Like, bottled water cheap. On the other hand, I've read of "higher end" Rosewill (presumably also SiI) cards performing admirably, and for extended periods. Luck of the draw, I suppose... 2 cents, Brandon