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Date:      Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:35:06 +1000
From:      Danny Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: new server motherboard with SATA II
Message-ID:  <20080627183506.atac8jmckkswcgc8@www.dannysplace.net>
In-Reply-To: <20080627075300.GA30448@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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Quoting Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>:
> In that case, Promise cards are probably your best bet.  They'll use the
> ata(4) driver, and disks will show up as adX, and they're inexpensive.
> Plus, the FreeBSD ATA author (sos@) has significant documentation on
> them, so they're fairly well supported.

That's a shame that there is no middle of the road...

It does not seem a lot to ask for an IO card that can ease processing  
on the CPU for SATA II devices.

Like I said I'd be happy to let FreeBSD handle the raid stuff because  
ZFS just looks so handy.

-D




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