From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 10 23:21:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D2F01065679 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:21:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pcloches@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBCE38FC12 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:21:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pcloches@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1494219ywe.13 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:21:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=CNSBQv3wAhbnRMo1gL/OWc8eNJy9M5rxTUXL3NTIsJY=; b=M2W2nfN3FCCGUi4WjZQwwwOTDiYL2hGSpCAkCCGcNi1229wcJeLbyO4aoE7VhhcPnI wa9eedKv4AmyF+SZFHTtazRXtfHOaACR8Rcb2pFNwV6fimqQYQR0w7k3lGkmTcSXAVJc OUX6g/F/h1GXg9DqaoksJyv+m9IrAggUZsSPM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=VJlnrDAv7Sad3pW5F0mGtiUARxwHOgZ3l/HB2L0Yne/Yl6D0d0g5JBAocO5XCrgmB7 n50+Ph9funwC7BhacdYnA8/C8+NQdRZVCKkt1TKBZZkre3FDI7W01mpoogRvU2j7RfVP cdyGMdfTEklcdf72uJ+bK6PkFc1t9iMaHcWqw= Received: by 10.114.182.15 with SMTP id e15mr12510576waf.84.1215732107190; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:21:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.109.16 with HTTP; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:21:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <34394a3a0807101621l41f7f24dt8d0e894824f5d5ad@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:21:46 -0700 From: "Patrick C" To: "Julio Gomez" In-Reply-To: <010201c8e2cf$810894b0$8319be10$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <010201c8e2cf$810894b0$8319be10$@com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell's PERC6i X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:21:56 -0000 The 6i will work on FreeBSD, however realize that a much better choice for a production machine is a card which "really" supports FreeBSD... just due to the availability and reliability of the tools required for maintaining the system while running. Have you considered SuperMicro machines with 3ware (AMCC) cards? I'm not affiliated either, but it seems to be a great combo. AMCC still supports FreeBSD pretty well, and the cards perform well. -Patrick 2008/7/10 Julio Gomez : > I am planning to purchase Dell PowerEdge 2950 III with RAID 5 configuration. > > I checked Hardware Note on FreeBSD site but Dell's PERC6i is not on the > list. Is it supported by FreeBSD 7.0 and/or FreeBSD 6.3 > > Thank you very much for your help in advance. > > === Hardware Configuration === > > Backplane: > 1x6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives [Included in Price] > > SAS RAID Contoller: > PERC6i SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, Int, PCIe, 256MB Cache, x6 Back > > Hard Drive Configuration: > Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 5, PERC 6/i Integrated > > Hard Drive: > Five (5) 146GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive > > Regards, > Julio Gomez > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >