Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:33:37 +0100 From: Stephan Fiebrandt <bsd@kuehlbox.de> To: Sebastian Holmqvist <sebastian.holmqvist@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which Sata-controller card? Message-ID: <41A1A461.5020409@kuehlbox.de> In-Reply-To: <52aaba2404112109373f130bd8@mail.gmail.com> References: <52aaba2404112006235fb63988@mail.gmail.com> <419F56EB.4010302@kuehlbox.de> <52aaba24041120064424b87cce@mail.gmail.com> <52aaba2404112109373f130bd8@mail.gmail.com>
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Sebastian Holmqvist wrote: >On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:44:12 +0100, Sebastian Holmqvist ><sebastian.holmqvist@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:38:35 +0100, Stephan Fiebrandt <bsd@kuehlbox.de> wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Sebastian Holmqvist wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Had some bad experience with my previous one: Promise SATA150 TX2Plus, >>>>so I would like some tips. >>>>Two harddrives will be attached for now, maybe more later. >>>>Alot of data transfer. >>>> >>>>I have an 5.3-can running. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>3ware SATA controller cards. These are "true" RAID controller cards >>>instead of the tons of "ata" controllers with bios extentions witch are >>>nothing else than a "softwareraid". 3ware cont. also preserve your CPU >>>from high load as you would have with usual ATA cont. >>> >>>Myself, i am using 3ware now with FreeBSD since years.. only can report >>>good experience. I also had defekt controllers from the old 6000series >>>replaced with new 7500 series without loosing any data. >>> >>>Greetings, >>> >>>Stephan Fiebrandt >>> >>> >>> >>ALright. >>Well, won't be using raid. Forgot to mention that. >>So feel free to suggest cheaper cards without raid :) >> >> >>-- >> >>Sebastian Holmqvist >>Webprogrammer / HL2 modder >>http://cae.hl2files.com >> >> >> > >Nobody? > > If you just need to expand your Mainboard with a SATA Controller, all you need is a poor card with a Silicon chip on it (Sil 3112 etc). I've seen cards starting at 10$. Almost all low-cost cards have this chip series, meanwhile on 5.3 it should work now without any problems. The WRITE_DMA issues should be solved and commited to 5.3. Have also a look at the 5.3 hardware list: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/hardware-i386.html#DISK. Best regards, Stephan Fiebrandt
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