From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 11 01:17:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 E00CB16A444 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:17:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ski@mediamatters.org) Received: from mail.mediamatters.org (mail.mediamatters.org [63.240.197.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB1F34ACAC for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:57:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ski@mediamatters.org) Received: by mail.mediamatters.org (Postfix, from userid 33) id 4672296C625; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:57:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from 68.49.189.193 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ski); by mail.mediamatters.org with HTTP; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:57:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <1131.68.49.189.193.1142024273.squirrel@68.49.189.193> In-Reply-To: <20060310205326.B372F45041@ptavv.es.net> References: Your message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:07:51 +0100." <20060310090751.GD74820@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <20060310205326.B372F45041@ptavv.es.net> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:57:53 -0500 (EST) From: "Brian Szymanski" To: "Kevin Oberman" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: well-supported SATA RAID card? 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: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:17:10 -0000 Wow - Lots of votes for 3ware. Any votes for something cheaper? The 3ware's are more than I want to spend... Also, does anyone know if the megaraid management tools work on freebsd? Cheers, Brian >> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:07:51 +0100 >> From: "Patrick M. Hausen" >> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> >> Mornin' >> >> > After not having much success with the hptmv driver for highpoint's >> > rocketraid 1820A, I'm wondering if other folks have had good luck with >> any >> > SATA RAID cards with at least 6 ports... Is there a SATA RAID card >> with >> > utilities that let you manage while the OS is running that folks have >> had >> > good luck with? I've been happy with the megaraid series on linux at >> my >> > job, but I'm wondering if the management utilities are there on >> freebsd, >> > etc. >> >> http://www.icp-vortex.com/english/product/pci/rz_sata_8/8586rz_e.htm >> >> Expensive? Yes. >> >> Fast, reliable, cheap - pick any two ;-) > > Well, they are also probably not too cheap, but I have been very happy > with the 3Ware SATA card. 3Ware has been very good at support for > FreeBSD and the management tool (3DM2) is in ports. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > Brian Szymanski Software and Systems Developer Media Matters for America ski@mediamatters.org cell: 202.243.9007 work: 202.756.4128 home: 202.470.2578 skype: xbrianskix aim: xbrianskix