From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Nov 17 23:20:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-210.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F294437B479 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:20:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAI7R9F01042; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:27:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200011180727.eAI7R9F01042@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Chris Dillon Cc: srini@global.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMI Elite 1600 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:25:17 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:27:09 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > 2. Does anyone have good or bad experiences with this card? > > > > I've obviously tested it; I don't know of anyone currently using > > it in production though. > > Seeing as how you've written both the mlx and amr drivers, which type > of controller would you recommend at this time? I'm putting together > a new system to replace our aging 486-66 mail server, and the Mylex > AcceleRAID 170 looks good for the price. Pretty much all I need right > now is RAID 1, and I need to boot off of it. I'd prefer to support > the company that gives you the least grief, too. :-) Without wanting to upset either AMI or Mylex, right now I'd be suggesting you get a two-port 3ware card and a couple of ATA hotswap bays. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message