Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 02:34:37 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HW RAID advice requested Message-ID: <20070519093437.GU90777@evil.alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <20070517120606.GA67289@psconsult.nl> References: <20070517120606.GA67289@psconsult.nl>
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On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 02:06:07PM +0200, Paul Schenkeveld wrote: > Hi, > > Need some advice on currently available, FreeBSD compatible SATA or > SATA/SAS controllers which can do hardware raid (depending on thruput > we will have to choose between RAID-1 and RAID-5 later). I see the > Adaptec RAID controllers (both SATA and SAS) are supported by the aac > driver but looking thru the FreeBSD mail archives I see no comparison > information with other brands such as 3ware. > > Ths machine will run FreeBSD 7 and use ZFS (the server will not go > live until 2008 so I hope ZFS may be production quality in time). > > Any suggestions? Boads to buy definitively or to avoid at all? > > Thanks in advance! I am partial to HP hardware, it is what we use at work and I haven't really looked at other controllers lately. The Pxxx SmartArray controllers I have used so far (P400i, P600, P800) with 10K 2.5" and 15k 2.5" drives have left so far a good impression on me. And 6.2-Rel cciss driver does support them. I might take a server tomorrow and finally do some more testing under FreeBSD (we unfortunatly use mostly linux) including speed as I got one server right now with a P400i internal attached to 4x72GB 10k 2.5" and a P800 with 25x72GB 15K 2.5" external. -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://www.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html
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