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Date:      Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:30:49 -0500
From:      Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com>
To:        Olaf Greve <o.greve@axis.nl>
Cc:        amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hardware RAID support? Which controller best to use?
Message-ID:  <4381E829.9040808@wmptl.com>
In-Reply-To: <4381D4BB.6060700@axis.nl>
References:  <20051119200222.V2029@roble.com> <20051119120051.39BE216A41F@hub.freebsd.org> <20051119200222.V2029@roble.com> <3.0.1.32.20051121055639.00aa1490@pop.redshift.com> <4381D4BB.6060700@axis.nl>

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8600 is P-ATA, (aka ATA, aka EIDE - 80pin IDE ribbon, 8 drives, one per channel 
(no use of master/slave).

Quite well supported, but does not use S-ATA drives, and does nto perform nearly 
as well. To be honest though, havn't used one since like FreeBSD 3.X days myself...

-- 
Nathan Vidican
nvidican@wmptl.com
Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd.
http://www.wmptl.com/


Olaf Greve wrote:
> Hi Ray and Nathan,
> 
>> | They are somewhat pressed for installing the machine very soon, so 
>> he | asked me if I knew if the Adaptec 2410SA would also work well...
>>
>> get the nail gun ready :)
> 
> 
> Hehehe, I just stepped on the emergency brake and told them your 
> opinions and urged them strongly to go for then 3ware one.
> 
> The guy told me they can readily get a 3ware 8600 RAID controller. I'll 
> have a look-see on their page, but do you guys know off-hand whether 
> that one will fit the bill?
> 
> Cheers,
> Olafo
> 
> 




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