Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:07:51 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com Cc: 'freebsd-hardware' <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dell 1900 and SATA Message-ID: <4575DFA7.50104@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <000f01c718aa$365e11b0$6501a8c0@workdog> References: <000f01c718aa$365e11b0$6501a8c0@workdog>
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Gayn Winters wrote: >Have you looked at >http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/1900_specs.pdf > >It is NOT a good specification, but it does give some clues that may >help. > >Note the PERC5 is an option board for RAID support. > > Thanks, yes I've seen that. After reading it I still had no clue what the on-board SATA controller was, as all the disk controllers were listed as "optional" and all are RAID's which the on-board isn't. Maybe it's handled by the Intel 5000P chipset (I'm an AMD person usually, and Intel chipsets mean nothing to me). In any case, that chipset isn't listed in the hardware compatibility list that I could see. The PERC 5e is just overkill for what this server does, and capacity is much more important than speed, hence the desire for SATA disks. Thanks, --Alex
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