From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 16 15:30:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3EA214F2D for ; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:29:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA01657; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:32:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199912162332.PAA01657@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Aaron Sonntag" Cc: FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:21:22 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:32:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith 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 This is an Adaptec aac-364 with a Dell label on it. It's only supported under NT. > The second is an American Megatrends based controller. It is only 1 > channel. > http://support.dell.com/docs/storage/perc2sc/specs.htm This is an AMI MegaRAID 466. We support this under the 4.x branch. > 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? If you want to use FreeBSD, you need the PERC 2/SC. If you want to run 3.x, you will either need a separate boot volume (eg. another SCSI disk or an IDE disk), or you'll need to wait a little while for boot/install support in the 3.x family. FreeBSD 4.0 will install directly onto this controller, and if you're interested you can grab a snapshot and try it out. > On a completely separate note... > anybody have opinions on the best high end video card for x-windows? Voodoo 3 or Matrox G400. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message