From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 20 22:51:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A586316A4D0 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:51:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.bway.net (xena.bway.net [216.220.96.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A07243D69 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:51:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: (qmail 7673 invoked by uid 0); 20 Oct 2004 22:51:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.40?) (216.220.116.154) by xena.bway.net with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 20 Oct 2004 22:51:12 -0000 Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:51:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Sprickman X-X-Sender: spork@oof.local To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Serial ATA RAID Controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:51:30 -0000 Hi, I'm looking for some feedback on the following two SATA RAID controllers: http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata8000.asp (4 port) http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/product/proddetail.html?sess=no&language=English+US&prodkey=AAR-2410SA&cat=%2fTechnology%2fRAID%2fSerial+ATA+RAID I'd love to hear from both 4.x and 5.x users. Both cards look good on paper, and the pricing is similar. I'm mainly concerned about stability in real-world use. I'm still on the fence about whether I'm going to use 5.3 for this new project or not, so please chime in if you're using either under 5.x. Thanks, Charles ___ Charles Sprickman NetEng/SysAdmin Bway.net - New York's Best Internet - www.bway.net spork@bway.net - 212.655.9344