Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:57:53 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make -j as a stress test (was: Re: Quality of FreeBSD) [WARNING - 6.0-BETA1 still hosed!] Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20050724115501.058f4090@64.7.153.2> In-Reply-To: <20050724142011.GA24886@FS.denninger.net> References: <20050722013605.U16902@fledge.watson.org> <20050722010611.GA72234@FS.denninger.net> <42E0F93E.7000108@commit.it> <20050722194009.GA95692@FS.denninger.net> <20050723214450.A61837@fledge.watson.org> <20050724020136.GA16783@FS.denninger.net> <20050724034334.GA90851@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20050724040055.GA18138@FS.denninger.net> <6.2.1.2.0.20050724001118.06aacfc8@64.7.153.2> <20050724120302.H61837@fledge.watson.org> <20050724142011.GA24886@FS.denninger.net>
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At 10:20 AM 24/07/2005, Karl Denninger wrote:
>Those cards all have (and appear to require) PCI-64 (double-connector) bus
>plug-ins. For those of us with single PCI bus slots (e.g. those of us who
>don't have Opterons), that simply won't work unless I'm missing something.
I have used the 3ware cards (both 32bit and 64) in plain jane 32bit PCI
slots for years. Also the 2 port I think is just 32bit still.
As Robert said, the 3ware people have been very supportive and have created
very solid drivers over the years. The management tools are the best.
---Mike
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>On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 12:06:16PM +0100, Robert Watson wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> >
> > >At 12:00 AM 24/07/2005, Karl Denninger wrote:
> > >
> > >>Finally, any pointers on a 2 port PCI SATA board that (1) is KNOWN to
> > >>work, (2) has EXTERNAL SATA connections, and (3) isn't one of those
> > >>whiz-bang all-in-one-RAID thingies that costs $500?
> > >
> > >3ware makes an excellent 2 port SATA card (8000 series) that works very
> > >well. Its about $110 USD from various online sources. You can use it as
> > >RAID1 or 2 independent disks. They work very well and are well tested
> > >in FreeBSD.
> >
> > One of the things that makes 3ware a particularly encouraging choice is
> > that 3ware helps maintain their driver on FreeBSD, as well as putting it
> > through their own test environment with their hardware. 3ware's driver
> > developer also has a FreeBSD commit bit so that he can maintain it
> > directly. The fact that vendors like 3ware and others (Intel, etc) get
> > directly involved in testing and maintaining their drivers on FreeBSD is
> > one of the things that gets them on my recommendation list for hardware
> > purchases.
> >
> > Robert N M Watson
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