Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:59:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Bliss <pbliss@mechno.com> To: Dominic Marks <dom@helenmarks.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sata controller headache / good and cheap sata controller? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0610031156270.13502@helix.fantasyland.com> In-Reply-To: <50606.82.69.13.6.1159887021.squirrel@mail.helenmarks.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0609280855160.1594@helix.fantasyland.com> <20061003053303.9249A3C36B@whodunit.richw.org> <Pine.BSF.4.64.0610030932320.13502@helix.fantasyland.com> <50606.82.69.13.6.1159887021.squirrel@mail.helenmarks.co.uk>
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I'll keep an eye open for a 3ware deal. I'm really shooting for around $50 (3 pence in uk)if i can. For an ok sata controller for a single sata drive, do you think I'm nuts? I was also thinking about just scrubbing it and getting an IDE. Grrr. Thanks for the help though! -Paul On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Dominic Marks wrote: > Paul Bliss wrote: >> Thanks for the reply, Richard. >> >> Finding a passable sata controller has been very frustrating. I at >> first >> had a Silicon Images controller which my first round of research >> indicated >> would be ok, but later found more info that reported some bad behavior >> (after the machine was being depended upon, of course) >> Then I switched to this Promise FastTrak tx2300, which again, people >> were >> saying some good things about. Ugh. >> >> So does anyone know of a cheap SATA controller (Raid is unimportant) >> that >> will work well with FreeBSD 6.1? > > I only use 3ware cards now. I had similar experiences to you. You can > get them pretty cheap now, at least here in the UK. I've used the 8000 > and 9000 series and had not a peep of a problem. I don't use RAID > features either by the way. > > Dominic > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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