From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 15:45:14 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA8816A4CE for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 15:45:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from aurora-solutions.co.uk (aurora-solutions.co.uk [217.155.123.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CF9C43D1F for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 15:45:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stuart@aurora-solutions.co.uk) Received: from dsl-217-155-123-104.zen.co.uk ([217.155.123.104]) by aurora-solutions.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1DSGYV-00061p-19 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 16:40:28 +0100 Message-ID: <4274F989.8040303@aurora-solutions.co.uk> Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 16:45:13 +0100 From: "O'Reilly, Stuart" Organization: Aurora Solutions User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <4274E348.7040909@aurora-solutions.co.uk> <4274EA9A.2060800@cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <4274EA9A.2060800@cs.tu-berlin.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) X-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (-5.4 points) pts rule name description -------------------------------------------------- -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts 1% [score: 0.0000]white-list Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Serial ATA X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: stuart@aurora-solutions.co.uk List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 15:45:14 -0000 %< ---- snipped ---- > This is a low-budget suggestion: > > I have good experiences with RocketRAID 1520 and 1640. I'm running a > 1640 with three SATA drives since one year without problems; it's just a > little bit slow. Highpoint offers binary FreeBSD drivers for these > controllers, but I think that people don't like this kind of support > because Highpoint neglects it for older models and this dependency might > be dangerous in future. Keep in mind: you'll get what you pay for. > > Regards > Björn I've been looking at the Highpoint RocketRAID controllers and seen that they come with FreeBSD drivers. It's just a question of what is good and what to avoid. I am prepared to spend between £40 - £70 on a mid range reliable card. I've done RAID setups in linux before (slackware) but never in FreeBSD so i'm looking for recommendations. Not worried about hot swapping capability. Stuart.