From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 21 20: 7: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ruby.he.net (ruby.he.net [216.218.187.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B960A37B403; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:07:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from corten8.billschoolcraft.com (adsl-63-193-247-201.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.247.201]) by ruby.he.net (8.8.6/8.8.2) with ESMTP id UAA08505; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:07:14 -0700 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:06:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Schoolcraft X-Sender: bill@corten8.billschoolcraft.com To: Mike Smith Cc: Scott Gerhardt , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID Controllers In-Reply-To: <200106212241.f5LMfQw01917@mass.dis.org> Message-ID: System-ID: [en] (I; Linux 2.2.17-21mdk i86pc) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At Thu, 21 Jun 2001 it looks like Mike Smith composed: MS-->> Second post little response first go-around. MS-->> MS-->> Help!! MS-->> MS-->> I'm trying to pick the BEST RAID card for a FreeBSD server I'm building. MS--> MS-->There is no "best". It depends a lot on what you're doing. By the MS-->sound of it, you'd be better off with a 2-port 3ware card, to be honest. MS--> MS--> (a few 3ware questions) Speaking of the 3ware cards, can one use the 4-port card with only two drives ? or the 8-port with only 2 drives ? The reason I ask is I have two 30-gig drives still in the boxes, one Maxtor, one Western Digital and wanted to invest in a 4 port 3ware card. I don't know whether to buy two more 30-gig Maxtor or two more 30-gig Western Digital drives to make a set of four. But until then I'd like to use the two new IDE drives I have albeit different brands. Documentation for setting this up, is it available for both FreeBSD and Linux ? -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 -o) San Francisco CA 94121 /\ "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v http://forwardslashunix.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message