Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:57:19 +0100 From: Rogier Krieger <rogier@virgiel.nl> To: FreeBSD-questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Support for affordable S-ATA RAID controllers (xs4) Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20040114115719.01212ac0@virgiel.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040113015258.GDTN3322.fed1mtao01.cox.net@SAMBA> References: <3.0.5.32.20040104235707.0123f9c0@virgiel.xs4all.nl>
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Previous correspondence from Brent Wiese (18:50 12-1-2004 -0700): >3Ware cards are expensive, but you get what you pay for. Whatever code they >have to optimize the disk use works wonders. About a year ago I bought a set of two Escalades and placed them in NetBSD machines. I believe the driver is a port from the FreeBSD version. It has worked like a charm, starting I installed proper cabling. Until that time, I received various array errors, but nothing that damaged data. Switching to the ATA cables 3ware offers, the problem went away. >From several people (mainly on the NetBSD lists), I heard similar reports that the Escalade 6xxx and 7xxx are sensitive to the ATA cables you use. Apart from that, the Escalades are worth the expense. My main issue here was lacking a budget for them. Cheers, Rogier Krieger
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