Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:25:22 -0700 From: "Pepe (Jose) Amengual" <jose.amengual@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hardware <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Which one has better support for FreeBSD , LSI or Areca ? with multiport support Message-ID: <CAGrZ=dfVtBR4Gf1on8fkt5wYUoFWQmb0E5ZiYitZN6HQ1if4YQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Guys. I have a super micro server with this controller : http://www.addonics.com/products/adsa3gpx8-4e.php <http://Addonics Controler> Connected to and Addonics storage rack via 4 eSata ports and port multipliers to 10 disks using ZFS. It has been working fine but lately I have been experience some issues with channel timeout and disk just disappearing from the pool. I already posted another thread about that but looks like no one has clue about what the errors means so I decided to swap controllers with a spare one and same issue. 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. I just one a very good controller ( not super expensive) that has good drivers for freebsd and that can give me reliable tools to diagnose hardrive failures and diagnostics. I have the possibility to move to iSCSI too using an addonics module for that so I could move to a different setup but I don't know is I will have any benefit on I/O speed doing that or not. If someone can give me some advice I will really appreciate. Thanks.
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