From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 12:17:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CCD916A4CE for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:17:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from psa1.123dns.net (psa1.123dns.net [217.158.94.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E86E243D1F for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:17:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@alivewww.com) Received: (qmail 47536 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2003 20:17:37 -0000 Received: from dogbert.adsl.mahoosive.net (HELO ninja) (81.5.128.162) by 54.psa1.123dns.net with RC4-MD5 encrypted SMTP; 15 Dec 2003 20:17:37 -0000 From: "Alasdair Lumsden" To: Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:17:43 -0000 Message-ID: <000201c3c348$7ff9ba00$a2800551@ninja> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 In-Reply-To: <20031208190253.GC19941@mail.devonit.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: SATA RAID controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:17:40 -0000 > I am looking for a cheap well-supported SATA RAID card without > performance glitches in RAID 1 configuration. I'd highly recommend the 3Ware cards (www.3ware.com) I've used both the 7500 Parallel ATA series and the 8500 SATA series with FreeBSD, and they perform flawlessly. One of the great things about the 3Ware cards is the management software that's available for them - 3dm. This can be installed straight from ports, /usr/ports/sysutils/3dm. The software can also send you event notification emails, such as if a raid array goes offline, etc. > Here are possible candidates: > > Promise FastTrak S150 TX2+, TX4 Having had several Promise raid cards in the past, I'd say keep away from Promise - the 3Ware cards are in the same price range but are far far superior.