From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 28 11:18:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E6E3106567D; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:18:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@dannysplace.net) Received: from mail.dannysplace.net (mail.dannysplace.net [213.133.54.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D28EF8FC1F; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:18:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@dannysplace.net) Received: from 203-206-171-212.perm.iinet.net.au ([203.206.171.212] helo=[192.168.10.10]) by mail.dannysplace.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KumE0-000KEA-EA; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:55:15 +1000 Message-ID: <4906EF86.7050702@dannysplace.net> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:55:02 +1000 From: Danny Carroll User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <20081026125017.GA88016@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20081026125017.GA88016@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-User: danny X-Authenticator: plain X-Sender-Verify: SUCCEEDED (sender exists & accepts mail) X-Exim-Version: 4.69 (build at 08-Jul-2008 08:59:40) X-Date: 2008-10-28 20:55:00 X-Connected-IP: 203.206.171.212:3733 X-Message-Linecount: 76 X-Body-Linecount: 62 X-Message-Size: 3116 X-Body-Size: 2469 X-Received-Count: 1 X-Recipient-Count: 3 X-Local-Recipient-Count: 3 X-Local-Recipient-Defer-Count: 0 X-Local-Recipient-Fail-Count: 0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 203.206.171.212 X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: koitsu@FreeBSD.org, spork@bway.net, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: fbsd@dannysplace.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ferrari.dannysplace.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=8.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail.dannysplace.net) Cc: Charles Sprickman , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: PCI-X SATA Card + Server Recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd@dannysplace.net List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:18:22 -0000 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/series_2000.htm > HighPoint RocketRAID 2210 (hptrr(4) driver; be sure to read NOTES) > HighPoint RocketRAID 2220 (hptrr(4) driver; be sure to read NOTES) > HighPoint RocketRAID 2224 (hptrr(4) driver; be sure to read NOTES) > HighPoint RocketRAID 2240 (hptrr(4) driver; be sure to read NOTES) Can you (or someone else) please tell me a little more about this? Do the drives (in JBOD mode) present themselves as part of the ATA bus or SCSI bus? Do you know if NCQ and SATA-II support is in there? Can you do Smart queries to the drives? > http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcix.htm > Areca ARC-1110 (arcmsr(4) driver) > Areca ARC-1120 (arcmsr(4) driver) > Areca ARC-1130 (arcmsr(4) driver) > Areca ARC-1160 (arcmsr(4) driver) > Areca ARC-1130ML (arcmsr(4) driver) > Areca ARC-1160ML (arcmsr(4) driver) > > The FreeBSD community members who have Areca cards have been thrilled > with them, and *do* use the native RAID features reliably. Personally I am torn right now between an Adapted 31205, a 3ware 9650SE-12ML and an Areca 1230. I'm going for ZFS so I really want a fast SATA card with lots of ports (8-12) and no raid functionality. There is not much out there and it's all expensive. > There's a bunch of Supermicro systems which meet your needs. The first > four are very new, and use the Intel X48 chipset. I don't know of any > FreeBSD people using the X7SBU board, but I'm sure there are some. > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/ > Supermicro SuperServer 5015B-URB (~US$975) > Supermicro SuperServer 5015B-NTRB (~US$975) > Supermicro SuperServer 5015B-UB (~US$785) > Supermicro SuperServer 5015B-NTB (~US$785) > Supermicro SuperServer 5015B-MTB (~US$655) > > bsdhwmon(8) supports the 5015B-MTB (X7SBi), but doesn't support the > others (X7SBU). If someone out there has an X7SBU, please get in > touch with me so I can add support for it! I have an X7SBE, so I'm, keen to try out bsdhwmon. Installing right now... Out of curiosity (and way OT)I get a lot of ACPI messages on my supermicro board: Oct 22 11:50:29 nas kernel: ACPI Error (psargs-0459): [\_SB_.PCI0.PSMS] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND Oct 22 11:50:29 nas kernel: ACPI Error (psparse-0626): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC0.SIO_.MSE0._STA] (Node 0xffffff00013a6260), AE_NOT_FOUND If you use supermicro boards a lot then perhaps you have seen these? -D