From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 21 15:30:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 C338416A45D for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:30:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from wmptl.net (fw1.wmptl.com [216.8.159.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FBCF43D7C for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:30:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from [10.0.0.104] (r3140ca.wmptl.net [10.0.0.104]) by wmptl.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jALFUn74072603; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:30:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Message-ID: <4381E829.9040808@wmptl.com> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:30:49 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Olaf Greve 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> In-Reply-To: <4381D4BB.6060700@axis.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.111 () RATWR10_MESSID X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware RAID support? Which controller best to use? 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, 21 Nov 2005 15:30:59 -0000 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 > >