From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 6 16:44:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF3E916A41C for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:44:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca) Received: from imap.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.149]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B261443D1D for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:44:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE97E18CCAB for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:44:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imap.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19289-01-49 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:44:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from s9.sbo (s9.sbo [192.168.0.9]) by imap.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC9B18CC91 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:44:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash Organization: School District 73 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:44:50 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456E9FA@vip10-win2k.vipstructures.com> <20050606120017.B87454@zoraida.natserv.net> In-Reply-To: <20050606120017.B87454@zoraida.natserv.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506060944.51553.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca Subject: Re: 3ware cards work in AMD64 port? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 16:44:54 -0000 On June 6, 2005 09:01 am, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Toll, Eric wrote: > > I really like it. You need a *64* Bit PCI slot to fully > > utilize the cards speed. > Will it work on a 32bit slot? > The load on the system will be small. I just want RAID 1 for > protection.. so the loss of speed because of using 32bit won't matter > much. If the load is low, and you only want RAID1, have you considered the software RAID capabilities of ccd(4), gmirror(8), and gvium(8)? I'm using gmirror on a server at home running 2 120 GB IDE drives off a Promise PCI IDE card. Setup was simple, initial synchronisation was fairly quick (considering it's only a P2 333MHz system with 384 MB RAM), and array rebuild after pulling the cable on one drive was also fairly fast. As for running PCI-X cards (64-bit, 66/100/133 MHz) in 32-bit PCI slots, most of them will work, albeit a lot slower than they could. Depends on how the card's connector is keyed. -- Freddie Cash, CLCP CNCP Network Support / Helpdesk School District 73 (250) 377-4357 fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca