From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 24 17:06:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34B716A4E6; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:06:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org) Received: from mail.twinthornes.com (mail.twinthornes.com [65.75.198.147]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC1F143D45; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:06:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org) Received: from smiley (c-67-171-135-169.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.171.135.169]) by mail.twinthornes.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B57AD147D; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:06:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.405 [268.11.6/427]); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:07:12 -0700 Message-ID: <44EDDCC0.703@bitfreak.org> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:07:12 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andreas Klemm References: <44EC0B9B.5020705@withagen.nl> <003f01c6c68d$64688e60$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <20060824053618.GA7211@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> In-Reply-To: <20060824053618.GA7211@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: amd64@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestions for SATA RAID cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:06:21 -0000 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