Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 12:55:28 -0400 From: "Toll, Eric" <etoll@vipstructures.com> To: "Francisco Reyes" <lists@natserv.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 3ware cards work in AMD64 port? Message-ID: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456E9FC@vip10-win2k.vipstructures.com>
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> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Toll, Eric wrote: >=20 > > I really like it. You need a *64* Bit PCI slot to fully > utilize the=20 > > cards speed. >=20 > Will it work on a 32bit slot? > The load on the system will be small. I just want RAID 1 for=20 > protection..=20 > so the loss of speed because of using 32bit won't matter much. Yes, it will work fine. I think I paid $148.00 USD for the card. It will still be faster than software raid. *Easy* to set up too! Alt+3 to access the 3Ware bios util at post time. Create the RAID set. Save, Boot AMD64 CD, Install FreeBSD normally, e.g. just like you would for a single disk system. Eric
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