Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:18:01 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Joseph Gleason" <clash@fireduck.com> Cc: "Michael VanLoon" <MichaelV@EDIFECS.COM>, "Ed Henderson" <Ed.Henderson@Certainty.net>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? Message-ID: <200103270018.f2R0I1E02747@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:09:57 EST." <005801c0b652$429f8d20$dc02010a@fireduck.com>
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Just a couple of comments:
[ATA RAID]
> 3) Keep it at one drive per chain. I am no hardware expert, but it is my
> understanding that there are major performance hits if you have two drives
> on a single chain.
All of the (useful) ATA RAID controllers only put one drive on a channel,
so this isn't really an issue.
[earlier you said...]
> > I have used DPT (now Adaptec) RAID controllers with great success. Be
> > careful because Adaptec has two lines. The line they developed
> themselves,
> > which is rather underwhelming, and the line they acquired when they bought
> > DPT.
This is actually the wrong way around; the Nashua-built Adaptec RAID
controllers are actually substantially better products (IMO) than the DPT
models, both in terms of reliability and performance.
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