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Date:      Wed, 10 May 2000 15:38:33 -0600
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        Rainer Enders <rainer@erilab.com>
Cc:        Rainer Enders <Rainer.Enders@erilab.com>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Which RAID controllers?
Message-ID:  <20000510153833.A28378@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <394118A6.7B7C2FAE@erilab.com>; from rainer@erilab.com on Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 12:17:42PM -0400
References:  <199812012045.NAA21624@panzer.plutotech.com> <394118A6.7B7C2FAE@erilab.com>

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On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 12:17:42 -0400, Rainer Enders wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> what are the current choices for RAID controllers?
> Are there any of the new boards supported in the 4.0 Release?
> I checked in the Release Notes and it doesn't seem so.
> It's strange that a good Server Operating System does not
> have good support for the newer RAID hardware.
> On the DPT website it says for the FreeBSD driver
> "Coming Soon" whatever that means.
> 
> Which one would be the best choice of RAID controller
> for FreeBSD today? When will SmartRAID V and VI
> supported?

The internal RAID controllers from Mylex and AMI are supported in 4.0.  Not
every model is supported, however.

Compaq SmartArray controllers are supported as well, and Mike Smith has a
beta driver for 3ware RAID controllers.  See:

http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID/index.html

For a better synopsis of what is available.  If you've got questions about
the Mylex, AMI or 3ware support, mail Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>.

Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> has written an I2O layer for
FreeBSD that supports (I think) the SmartRAID V and maybe the VI as well.
Contact him for details on that.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org


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