From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 14:19:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC3216A4CE for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 14:19:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E12643D1F for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 14:19:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior-wifi.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j41EMt0D044390; Sun, 1 May 2005 08:22:55 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <4274E553.3050405@samsco.org> Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 08:18:59 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050218 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: stuart@aurora-solutions.co.uk References: <4274E348.7040909@aurora-solutions.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4274E348.7040909@aurora-solutions.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on pooker.samsco.org cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Serial ATA X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 14:19:20 -0000 O'Reilly, Stuart wrote: > Hi guys, > > Firstly, please go easy, i'm new to the list. > > I'm in the process of building / upgrading a server and have chosen > FreeBSD to run it. One requirement is the ability to support RAID 1. I > am looking at adding a Serial ATA PCI card but i'm unsure which is best. > The motherboard itself doesn't support Serial ATA and I don't want to > change it since it's a decent P4 motherboard and at the moment it's an > unncessary expense. > > I've looked in the archives and seen the name 3ware comes as a > recommendation. Does anyone know where I can get hold of one these in > the UK. The ususal e-stores don't seem to stock them. > > Failing that, I've been looking at Adaptec and the 1210AS has taken my > eye. Anyone have any experience of this card. > > The system is a P4 1.8Ghz system with 512MB RAM and 2 x 80GB drives > running in RAID 1. The system will be co-lo'd so something reliable is > required. > > Many thanks. > There are a number of high quality SATA RAID cards on the market. If you have the money, I'd highly suggest getting one that has a real RAID co-processor on it. The MegaRAID line from LSI is good, as are the new cards from Areca. Scott