From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 8 22:52:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A59E616A403 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 857B613C4A7 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A792D1A000B1A for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:52:06 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id ECMo4kkWUfZZ for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:51:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from coal (s10.sbo [192.168.0.10]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C1761A000B0D for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:51:59 -0800 (PST) From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:51:58 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <00ad01c74b65$79db1710$0c00a8c0@Artem> <45CBA15F.4090408@bit0.com> In-Reply-To: <45CBA15F.4090408@bit0.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702081451.58355.fcash@ocis.net> Subject: Re: What is a good choice of sata-ii raid controller for freebsd? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:52:07 -0000 On Thursday 08 February 2007 02:17 pm, Mike Andrews wrote: > Jaime Bozza wrote: > > Everyone has their reasons - I liked the RAID 6 feature, plus the OOB > > management of Areca, plus my history with 3ware wasn't good. :( > > For what it's worth, 3Ware's latest PCI-E cards (9650 series) now > support RAID 6. The updated twa driver that supports them hasn't yet > been merged into FreeBSD (see kern/106488 which I filed 2 months ago) > but you can download either the source or the binary for it from 3Ware > that works just fine. The updated 3dm2 for it did make it into the > Ports tree. > > Driver annoyances aside, my 9650SE is considerably faster than my 9500S Not all that surprising, since the 9500-series use PATA-133 chipsets with SATA-PATA bridges, and the 9550+ uses a native 3G SATA chipset. Even though the 9500s are listed as 1.5G SATA parts, you'll never get better than ATA-133 speeds out of them. We didn't realise that when we ordered our first pair of Escalade 9500S 4-port cards. Thankfully, just after they arrived and before we put in the mass-order, the 9550SX was released and we've standardised on them. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net