From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 10 19:08:54 2007 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 D5E1316A419 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:08:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikesw@adhost.com) Received: from mail-defer01.adhost.com (mail-defer01.adhost.com [216.211.128.150]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C56E13C457 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:08:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikesw@adhost.com) Received: from mail-in02.adhost.com (mail-in02.adhost.com [10.211.128.129]) by mail-defer01.adhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B96AEEDE8A for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:52:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikesw@adhost.com) Received: from ad-exh01.adhost.lan (unknown [216.211.143.69]) by mail-in02.adhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 323561EE839 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:52:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikesw@adhost.com) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 x-cr-puzzleid: {248B3BDA-13EF-4FF3-B4D2-31D5FE11E784} Content-class: urn:content-classes:message x-cr-hashedpuzzle: AM0Q AZMs BaiD Ba/q Bo99 CZQZ Cdyo E0/v FHc+ FTGF GRS5 IDfo IvGo IxnL Jqy+ KPqI; 1; ZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAtAHEAdQBlAHMAdABpAG8AbgBzAEAAZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAuAG8AcgBnAA==; Sosha1_v1; 7; {248B3BDA-13EF-4FF3-B4D2-31D5FE11E784}; bQBpAGsAZQBzAHcAQABhAGQAaABvAHMAdAAuAGMAbwBtAA==; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:52:06 GMT; QgBlAHMAdAAgAFMAQwBTAEkAIABvAHIAIABTAEEAUwAgAFIAQQBJAEQAIABmAG8AcgAgAGEAIABOAEEAUwA/AA== Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:52:06 -0700 Message-ID: <17838240D9A5544AAA5FF95F8D5203160279A27B@ad-exh01.adhost.lan> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Best SCSI or SAS RAID for a NAS? Thread-Index: Acfz269T+Zxr4OBnRbqUOyndy6R3Dg== From: "Mike Sweetser - Adhost" To: Subject: Best SCSI or SAS RAID for a NAS? 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: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:08:54 -0000 We're looking for opinions on what the best RAID controller would be for maximizing throughput on a drive array serving as a NAS using NFS. It needs to be either SCSI based or SAS based. Right now, we're using an LSI MegaRAID with 512MB RAM, which was the best at the time, but we're experiencing throughput issues and are looking for what might be better. Thanks! Mike Sweetser -------------------------- Mike Sweetser | Systems Administrator Adhost Internet 140 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 360, Seattle, Washington 98109 USA P 206.404.9023 T 888.234.6781 (ADHOST-1) F 206.404.9050 E mikesw@adhost.com W adhost.com Our brand new Adhost West data center is open - contact us for a tour at 1-888-234-6781 (ADHOST-1)