Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:57:53 -0500 (EST) From: "Brian Szymanski" <ski@mediamatters.org> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: well-supported SATA RAID card? 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 %2B0100." <20060310090751.GD74820@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <20060310205326.B372F45041@ptavv.es.net>
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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" <hausen@punkt.de> >> 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
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