From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 15 20:22:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from dns.sonntag.org (dns.sonntag.org [216.140.186.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06E6215392 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:22:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aaron@sonntag.org) Received: from aaron (cs2744-250.austin.rr.com [24.27.44.250]) by dns.sonntag.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA30924 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:22:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from aaron@sonntag.org) From: "Aaron Sonntag" To: Subject: Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:21:22 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <38585C01.CE3D4207@geocities.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I am looking at getting my hands on a couple of Dell PowerEdge 4300 servers. In both of these boxes I must spec a hardware RAID controller. I basically have two choices. First is a multi-channel controller that has the Adaptec 7897 chipset. It is a 4 channel controller. http://support.dell.com/docs/storage/obsidian/specs.htm The second is an American Megatrends based controller. It is only 1 channel. http://support.dell.com/docs/storage/perc2sc/specs.htm I have read conflicting statements in the list archives about whether I can make these puppies run. Can I get either one of these to work without much rigging? If both can be used... which one is better/easier and more likely to work well? On a completely separate note... anybody have opinions on the best high end video card for x-windows? Thank you! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message