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Date:      Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:15:56 -0500
From:      Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To:        Philippe Lang <philippe.lang@attiksystem.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ICH5R, ICH7R or Promise PDC20378 RAID?
Message-ID:  <20060619121556.GA45447@polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <6C0CF58A187DA5479245E0830AF84F4218CCF9@poweredge.attiksystem.ch>
References:  <6C0CF58A187DA5479245E0830AF84F4218CCF9@poweredge.attiksystem.ch>

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On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:18:05AM +0200, Philippe Lang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got two boxes that would be perfect for a small server. The
> motherboards are:
> 
> - ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, with ICH5R and Promise PDC20378
> - ASUS P5WD2, with ICH7R
> 
> I intend to install FreeBSD 6.1, and I wonder which chipset you would
> recommend me for RAID 1? I need something rock-solid, of course...
> 
I'm running -STABLE on a P4C800-E.  I've never had a problem with the
PDC20378.  Recently, I added two drives on the ICH5R with no issues.  A
little benchmarking shows the ICH5R to be a little faster.

HTH,

-- 
Regards,
Doug



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