Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:04:44 +0100 From: Rogier Krieger <rogier@virgiel.nl> To: FreeBSD-hardware list <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Subject: Re: Support for affordable S-ATA RAID controllers (xs4) Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20040105000444.0123f9c0@virgiel.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <jgrgvv4o5olk137iffp9qqomncqq064o52@4ax.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20040104200916.011e4c00@virgiel.xs4all.nl> <3.0.5.32.20040104200916.011e4c00@virgiel.xs4all.nl>
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Previous correspondence from Mike Tancsa (14:53 4-1-2004 -0500): >I picked up a couple of 3WARE 8006-2s the other week from >www.hypermicro.com for $129 USD each which is not much more than the >Adaptec or Promise cards. Browsing through the 3ware catalogue, I see that the card is made for 64 bit PCI slots. Do you know whether it works in a regular 32 bit PCI slot? Otherwise, I would have to buy a Xeon board, which are rather expensive (IIRC). For US$ 129, the cards are definitely a bargain (if they work on a 32bit slot) >3ware is now officially supporting the card (www.3ware.com). >[...] I highly recommend the cards. I have had similar performance in a NetBSD machine. I believe the NetBSD driver is a port from the FreeBSD one. Performance of the cards (an Escalade 7000, in my case) is splendid. The card is somewhat sensitive to the use of proper cables. I had (minor) problems with arrays until I installed identical 3ware IDE flatcables. From that point on, everything was fine. Thanks for the fast reply, Rogier Krieger
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