Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:26:20 -0700 From: "Vinod Kashyap" <vkashyap@amcc.com> To: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Serial ATA RAID Controllers (5.x) Message-ID: <I681G400.4QK@hadar.amcc.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Charles = > Sprickman > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 6:06 PM > To: stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Serial ATA RAID Controllers (5.x) > = > = > 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=3D no&language=3DEnglish+US&prodkey=3DAAR-2410SA&cat=3D%> 2fTechnology%2fRAID%= 2fSerial+ATA+RAID > = > I'd love to hear from 5.x users with recent 8000-series = > controllers -- I'm > really leaning towards 5.x for this project as the release schedule > finally matches my build schedule. Both cards look good on = > paper, and the > pricing is similar. I'm mainly concerned about stability in real-world > use. > = > I've seen a number of recent positive comments from those = > using the 3Ware > under 4.x, but as someone with an older Escalade (sorry dmesg doesn't > report the model number), I'm a bit leery. Going to 4.10 = > caused the thing > to lock up under heavy disk load, apparently the = > vendor-provided driver is > worse than the old driver Mike Smith put together. > = Use the driver (version 1.40.01.002) under RELENG_4_10 or RELENG_4. The driver (version 1.40.01.001) under RELENG_4_10_0_RELEASE has a known problem with 6xxx controllers. > I used the "Ask 3ware" link on their site to see what the = > party line was > on FreeBSD and this is what I got back: > = > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Charles, our support of FreeBSD is just as good as Windows and Linux > (which is great!). We have embedded support in the main kernel and an > open source driver that customers can compile to whichever kernel they > are using if needed. There is a precompiled driver for both = > 4.X and 5.X > versions on our website. We also have both an HTML based management > utility and CLI available. Yahoo is actually one of our customers and > helped promote the support for FreeBSD by 3ware. If you have any other > questions please let me know. Regards, > = > http://www.3ware.com/support/OS-Support.asp > = > David Graas > 3ware Corporate Sales Manager > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > = > Thanks, > = > Charles > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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