From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Sep 4 19: 1:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from wireco.net (mental.wireco.net [206.107.119.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B84237B423 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:01:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 12432 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2000 02:01:49 -0000 Received: from d23.johnson-city.tn.us.wireco.net (HELO challenger) (206.107.119.212) by mental.wireco.net with SMTP; 5 Sep 2000 02:01:49 -0000 Reply-To: From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "'Robert J. Adams'" Cc: Subject: RE: 3ware -vs- Promise Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:59:58 -0400 Message-ID: <002f01c016dc$ff077970$d4776bce@challenger> 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 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <005b01c015ce$542793a0$7215fbd1@mysticplaces.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > Robert J. Adams > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 1:34 PM > To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: 3ware -vs- Promise > > > Hello all, > > If I'm setting up a system with (8) of the new 80gig > maxtor's.. and I plan > on having them just in JBOD (not raid stripes etc) will I see > a performance > gain from using the 3ware (8 port version, ~$450) over the > Promise Ultra100 > (~$40ea) card? I assume that I can use two Promise Ultra100's > in one box? Are you planning on running the Promise FastTrak or just the standard Promise Ultra100 card? The FastTrak costs about 1/3rd as much as the 3ware card, not sure if it would handle 8 drives or not tho. Might be worth looking into. Personally, I've had nothing but good luck with Promise hardware under NT and FreeBSD. YMMV. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message