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Date:      Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:07:12 -0700
From:      Darren Pilgrim <darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org>
To:        Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org>
Cc:        amd64@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: suggestions for SATA RAID cards
Message-ID:  <44EDDCC0.703@bitfreak.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060824053618.GA7211@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org>
References:  <44EC0B9B.5020705@withagen.nl>	<003f01c6c68d$64688e60$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <20060824053618.GA7211@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org>

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Andreas Klemm wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:23:00AM +0100, Steven Hartland wrote:
>> The Areca cards I can recommend. Highpoint 1820a is surprisingly good
> 
> Many many years ago I bought a HighPoint HPT366 ATA66 controller.
> Thought its a good deal because it was cheap.
> Thought, an ATA interface can't be that complicated anymore
> so that its safe to buy a cheap product.
> 
> Turned out that I was very wrong with my theorie.
> I ran into timeout problems, that couldn't be fixed.
> 
> After days and nights of troubleshooting and testing
> I didn't get it to work reliably.
> 
> I replaced it by buying a more expensive Promise controller.
> Since then I had zero problems.
> 
> Since that time I lost trust in HighPoint products.

The 366 was an exception, mostly.  It was a borked piece of hardware in 
a "new generation" of ATA controllers at a time when IIRC FreeBSD was on 
the leading edge of major overhaul of ATA support.  Modern HighPoint 
controllers are decent for the price.  I wouldn't put one in a server, 
though.  My servers use 3ware and Dell cards.

-- 
Darren Pilgrim



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