From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 1 07:14:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC45616A420 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:14:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ap@bnc.net) Received: from mailomat.net (mailomat.net [217.110.117.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0255843D6A for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:14:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ap@bnc.net) X-BNC-SpamCatcher-Score: 2 [X] Received: from [194.39.192.125] (account bnc-mail@mailrelay.mailomat.net HELO bnc.net) by mailomat.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTPSA id 5795529; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:14:00 +0100 Received: from [194.39.192.154] (account ap HELO [194.39.192.154]) by bnc.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.5) with ESMTPSA id 1337624; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:15:33 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20051031192143.V5132@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <000801c5d434$579de280$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <6.2.3.4.0.20051018234157.085cd7b8@64.7.153.2> <20051029001047.P43285@zoraida.natserv.net> <6.2.3.4.0.20051029001622.05bf16f8@64.7.153.2> <20051031192143.V5132@zoraida.natserv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2B37E74B-7FE9-430E-A0B6-611C2086A653@bnc.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Achim Patzner Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:13:56 +0100 To: francisco@natserv.net X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: FreeBSD Performance , Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:14:12 -0000 Am 01.11.2005 um 01:23 schrieb Francisco Reyes: >>>> I use the 3ware line (8xxx) and they are very stable, but not >>>> the fastest. For speed, check out the cards from Areca. Native >>>> FreeBSD support and they are FAST >>>> http://www.areca.com.tw/products/html/pcix-sata.htm > > Saw a review last night of the Areca cards vs the latest 3ware. The > areca cards were about twice as fast, but the article says that > they are about twice as expensive (or something on that area). :-( Seems like a good price; the German distributor seems a bit more greedy. They're even more expensive than ICP Vortex S-ATA RAID cards - and definitely not better than those (ICP has yet another advantage - S-ATA and IDE RAIDS are using the same driver). Achim