From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 22 14:31:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0237E16A4CE for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:31:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from avscan2.sentex.ca (avscan2.sentex.ca [199.212.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB4F943D31 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:31:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.sentex.ca [127.0.0.1]) by avscan2.sentex.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9MEVmjv023502; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:31:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from avscan2.sentex.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (avscan2.sentex.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23281-03; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:31:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by avscan2.sentex.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9MEVlpf023457; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:31:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9MEVf04078922; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:31:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.0.20041022103329.09c32560@64.7.153.2> X-Sender: mdtpop@64.7.153.2 (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:37:52 -0400 To: Sergey Shyman , stable@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <4178B474.6010406@bbc-ua.com> References: <4178B474.6010406@bbc-ua.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at avscan2b Subject: Re: twe on 4.10 question X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:31:51 -0000 At 03:19 AM 22/10/2004, Sergey Shyman wrote: >Does anybody use the following RAID controller on 4.10: >3ware Escalade 7006-2 IDE Raid controller Yes, we have numerous boxes deployed with various 3ware cards including that one. All our critical servers running FreeBSD, Linux and Win32 use these cards. >Does it have any problems with stability/performance? It works VERY well for us in both respects on RELENG_4 and RELENG_5. >It will be used in RAID1 (2 IDE drives) configuration on 4.10-RELEASE >system (of course with latest patches). One note, the download info for their web management program (http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp) implies its only available for the 8000 series card which is false, as it is in fact designed to work with the 7xxx and 8xxx cards. Although I havent run into disk compatibility issues, some people have issues with particular firmwares on certain Maxtor drives. I run mostly with Segate drives right now, but in the past have run Maxtor, quantum and Fujitsu, all without problems. YMMV ---Mike