Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:59:29 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Pepe (Jose) Amengual" <jose.amengual@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which one has better support for FreeBSD , LSI or Areca ? with multiport support Message-ID: <505CFF61.5000609@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <CAGrZ=dfVtBR4Gf1on8fkt5wYUoFWQmb0E5ZiYitZN6HQ1if4YQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGrZ=dfVtBR4Gf1on8fkt5wYUoFWQmb0E5ZiYitZN6HQ1if4YQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/21/2012 4:25 PM, Pepe (Jose) Amengual wrote: > > So now I have decided to buy a real controller, Areca or LSI for the server > but I need one that is port multiplier compatible and with external esata > connectors. Not sure about the eSata ports, but we are testing the newer 3ware controllers (9750) that use the tws driver. Its a SAS controller, but you can use SATA drives on them. They seem to be quite fast! In the past, we have used the twe and twa based controllers from 3ware and have had very good results with them over the years. The monitoring facilities are great (CLI and web based). We have had drive failures over the years, and replacing them has been painless We also use a number of the older series Areca cards (ARC-1210) and they too have been solid. The monitoring daemon is a little quirky at first, but it works well as does the CLI tool. I havent tried any of their newer SAS controllers, but they use the same arcmsr driver which is actively maintained by Areca. In short, I think you would do really well with either card. ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/
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