From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 25 14:32:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D79816A4CE for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:32:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk (gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk [195.10.242.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E28A43D1D for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:32:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-hw@epcdirect.co.uk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id D583815477; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:32:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk ([127.0.0.1])port 10024) with ESMTP id 15046-09; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:32:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lfarr (dial81-135-11-93.in-addr.btopenworld.com [81.135.11.93]) by gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E84815438; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:32:00 +0000 (GMT) From: "Lawrence Farr" To: "'Gary D. Margiotta'" , Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:32:01 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcP77S+L+TaoV6F3Sp+13SIAGMK3hAAAW+tQ Message-Id: <20040225223200.8E84815438@gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk> X-Virus-Scanned: by GunFright.EPCDirect.co.uk Subject: RE: 3Ware Escalade 5800 max drive size X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:32:05 -0000 I cant remember what the oldest cards I have are, I'm pretty sure they are 5xx series ones, and I tested one of them with 300Gb drives the other day. The newer ones work quite happily with big drives, which is not a lot of help to you: twe0: <3ware 7000 series Storage Controller. Driver version 1.50.00.000> port 0xc000-0xc00f mem 0xfe000000-0xfe7fffff,0xfebf9c00-0xfebf9c0f irq 16 at device 3.0 on pci0 twe0: 8 ports, Firmware FE7S 1.05.00.063, BIOS BE7X 1.08.00.048 twed0: on twe0 twed0: 1196857MB (2451163520 sectors) Lawrence Farr EPC Direct Limited > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary > D. Margiotta > Sent: 25 February 2004 21:24 > To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: 3Ware Escalade 5800 max drive size > > Well, I'm thinking of picking up a couple of these controllers, since > they're pretty cheap. > > It's going to be running under FreeBSD (4.9 or 5.x) at home, for mass > storage for video clips and stuff lke that, so I'm not too > concerned about > overall speed. > > However, the biggest question I have, is how big of a drive will the > controllers support? I've been searching for the past few days, and > haven't been able to find anything about drive sizes and limitations. > > A part of the FAQ on their site says that all of their > controllers support > 48-bit addressing, but after reading the FAQ, it appeared that it was > geared towards the 7000 and 8000 series controllers, so I > took it with a > grain of salt. > > Is anyone using the 5000-series with any drives larger than 120GB, or > knows if they will support it (and if not, where does it > start, i.e. do I > need to go to the 6000 or 7000 series before it'll recognize > a 160GB drive > fully)? > > Thanks, > > -Gary > > Running Windows is kinda like playing blackjack: > User stays on success, reboots on failure > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >