Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 23:00:12 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> To: Andre Wensing <andre@wensing.org> Cc: lev@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add more HDDs to system based on ICH10R: PICe SATA controller vs SATA port muiltiplier Message-ID: <578446328.20100512230012@serebryakov.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <4BEAF26A.8050900@wensing.org> References: <386700559.20100512213725@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4BEAF26A.8050900@wensing.org>
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Hello, Andre. You wrote 12 мая 2010 г., 22:24:42: > For what i've read so far: there's a Supermicro card that seems to work, > but it's apparently a reversed card of some sort. That is the one of > the few non-RAID card that is supported under FreeBSD besides some > Sil-chipset-based ones. SiI seems to be Ok on FreeBSD8 with siis driver... > The Adaptec ASC-1405 (and Areca's 1300i as well) are both non-RAID cards > based on Marvell's 88SE6440-chip, but there is no driver-support for > these cards. I have the Adaptec-card, and am hoping that this chip will > get support in FreeBSD. Areca has put on their website that the driver > for FreeBSD will be made available somewehere in Q1/Q2 of 2010 (just > like Adaptec, they claim FreeBSD-support on the box and in their > marketing but haven't got a driver, although the card has some support > from the Linux-community). It seems, that mv driver is in test now, but for -CURRENT, not for 8-STABLE :( > I haven't found any decent card yet with more than 2 SATA-ports that > have FreeBSD-support that aren't RAID-cards (at least in NL) Really, soft-RAIDs is almost Ok, if don't use them as RAIDs :) I don't have money for full-featured RAIDs like "big" Arecas and Adaptecs, but it is Ok to have not-used soft-RAID functionality, if card is not too expensive (say, $100) and available in RU (because we have big problems with Russian post now and I don't want to wait 2-3 months for box from eBay or other USA on-line store)... -- // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org>
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