From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jul 26 13:33:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from privatecube.privatelabs.com (privatecube.privatelabs.com [198.143.31.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B318A37BF2A; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:33:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mi@virtual-estates.net) Received: from misha.privatelabs.com (misha.privatelabs.com [198.143.31.6]) by privatecube.privatelabs.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id PAA31604; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:32:15 -0400 Received: from virtual-estates.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by misha.privatelabs.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA04658; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:28:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mi@virtual-estates.net) Message-Id: <200007262028.QAA04658@misha.privatelabs.com> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:28:43 -0400 (EDT) From: mi@aldan.algebra.com Subject: Re: Promise-66 RAID To: Mike Smith Cc: Petr Murmak , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200007261956.MAA39162@mass.osd.bsdi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 26 Jul, Mike Smith wrote: = The FastTrak cards are not RAID cards; they are dual-port ATA cards = with (lame) RAID software in the BIOS on the card. They require = Windows drivers which take over the RAID work once you have booted = Windows, or you can use them as plain dual-port ATA-66 cards. = = If you want a supported ATA RAID solution, see www.3ware.com. We see ccd driver doing wonders with several disks connected through Promise ATA cards. Speed of 20-60Mb/s is achievable with CPU utilization much smaller then when using the 3Ware card. -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message