Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 21:25:35 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> Cc: Scott Gerhardt <scott@gerhardt-it.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID Controllers Message-ID: <200106220425.f5M4PZw05064@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:06:57 PDT." <Pine.LNX.4.21.0106211953130.24242-100000@corten8.billschoolcraft.com>
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> (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 ?
Yes, you don't have to fully-populate the cards.
> 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.
The Maxtors are *much* better drives. Don't mix drive types unless you
absolutely have to; the optimisation that the 3ware controller performs
will be largely defeated by this.
> Documentation for setting this up, is it available for both
> FreeBSD and Linux ?
Setup for these controllers is OS-neutral; you do it with the BIOS.
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