Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 23:25:08 -0700 From: "Calvin" <calvin@areca.us> To: "'Mike Tancsa'" <mike@sentex.net>, "'Francisco'" <francisco@natserv.net> Cc: 'FreeBSD Performance' <freebsd-performance@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations Message-ID: <000e01c5dc51$82b30840$4302a8c0@CALVIN2> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051029001622.05bf16f8@64.7.153.2>
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Francisco, You can buy it directly from us. Please let me know PCI-X or PCI-Express card you might need and how many ports, or the product number if you know. I will give you the quotation. Best regards, Calvin Chen Areca USA,Inc. www.areca.us (510) 438-0288 (w) (510) 991-9928 (Fax) (510) 676-7740 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: Mike Tancsa [mailto:mike@sentex.net] Sent: 10/28/2005 9:24 PM To: Francisco Cc: FreeBSD Performance Subject: Re: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations At 12:11 AM 29/10/2005, Francisco wrote: >On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Mike Tancsa wrote: > >>I use the 3ware line (8xxx) and they are very stable, but not the >>fastest. For speed, check out the cards from Areca. Native FreeBSD >>support and they are FAST >> >>http://www.areca.com.tw/products/html/pcix-sata.htm > >Where did you get your area controller Mike? >Looking at their site it seems as if one could buy directly from >them, but did not find any prices. Hi, I get them directly from Areca. I have bcc'd the Calvin (the guy I have dealt with) so he can contact you. Like I said before, they have been great cards for me under FreeBSD. Linux performs well too, but is a bit of a pain as its not part of the default kernel. But performance has been great and the extremely stable. We are going to try some of the PCI-e versions next month. My experience to date has been with the PCI-X versions only. I finally got my 3ware 9500SX today and should have time to test next week as I dont have a spare PCI-X board in the lab right now. Should be able to get a decent comparison performance wise between the two boards with respect to FreeBSD. ---Mike
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