Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:40:44 -0600 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Brian Szymanski" <ski@mediamatters.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: well-supported SATA RAID card? Message-ID: <ef10de9a0603130140r61c385b3kcbf5ef708d65dc10@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1219.68.49.189.193.1141981287.squirrel@68.49.189.193> References: <1219.68.49.189.193.1141981287.squirrel@68.49.189.193>
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On 3/10/06, Brian Szymanski <ski@mediamatters.org> wrote: > Howdy... > > 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 an= y > 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. > Anyone care to comment on Areca's ARC-11xx PCI-X cards? I'm thinking about getting an 1130 (12-port version). *Is the arcmsr driver in FreeBSD stable? *Any issues with arrays larger then 2TB? *Rebuild times? *Command Line management software? *Is the company BSD friendly, no binary blob object in the driver? *Competent tech support? *What does the ethernet port on the ARC-1130 do? I'm primarily interested in this card because it can do RAID level 6 and based on the benchmarks I've seen it's a top performer. Anyhow, to the OP, stay way from promise cards. -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/
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