Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:41:29 +0100 From: Gerrit =?UTF-8?B?S8O8aG4=?= <gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Support for SAS/SATA non-RAID adapters Message-ID: <20091119094129.c74f805f.gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> In-Reply-To: <b269bc570911180935g2ef6cb68s7a13a9d399afd4d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <b269bc570911171629l394171dau4acac00383b5e2bc@mail.gmail.com> <20091118101706.780938ba.gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> <b269bc570911180856nabf15b7k128e7b7a41b01d79@mail.gmail.com> <20091118180939.2691c2cd.gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> <b269bc570911180935g2ef6cb68s7a13a9d399afd4d0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:35:56 -0800 Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote about Re: Support for SAS/SATA non-RAID adapters: FC> > Hm, I don't know the recent exchange rate, but are you sure this is FC> > the same card? I paid something like 80,-€ (excl. VAT). FC> Oops, you're right, was reading the model numbers wrong. The FC> LSI1068-based one is only $129 CDN, the Intel IOP-based ones are FC> $200-300 CDN. That makes sense then. FC> Last time I checked the Euro was in the $1.50-2.00 CDN range. Seems to be something like 1.55 these days. FC> > I guess the version of the card I have here was actually intended to FC> > be used in some kind of special Supermirco-Extension Slot. However, FC> > it fits into a standard PCIe slot and works nicely there as far as I FC> > can tell. Do you have the opportunity of using a riser card that FC> > would give you one more slot? FC> Urgh, I have yet to find a riser card that will plug into a Tyan FC> motherboard and not cause issues. Due to all the issues we've had FC> with riser cards in the past, we have sworn off all riser cards. For FC> our 2U servers, we use low-profile cards to avoid risers. I had some trouble with risers in the past, too. However, I have a Tyan Transport here that seems to work nicely at least with the riser that came with the system. FC> I'll keep looking for a PCI-X card. These look like they'll cover our FC> PCIe needs. Please let us know if you find one that is suitable. I spent quite some time to dig out the Supermicro card; cheap (without raid) and FreeBSD-supported cards with more than 4 channels are not that common. cu Gerrit
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