From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 3 17:19:20 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 484A216A4CE for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 17:19:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 020AD43D58 for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 17:19:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fborghesi@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 9so3363290nzo for ; Tue, 03 May 2005 10:19:11 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Cm931epIgLsZKcu8A1vYZN7DkLogPjKY4ECLbAJSvQkmIeJrY55Z9Ah63i10jsd4ifZmi0maQaBqef0vK2Uvzhu2SpWTJBqF1XSxaxy2UaGPXmRzusBkTCY88GH82qhtr/6d8CtBrFzYMKqUaQXB1tW4GxGB5JFyHKCv6+iOS58= Received: by 10.36.82.18 with SMTP id f18mr732980nzb; Tue, 03 May 2005 10:19:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.105.10 with HTTP; Tue, 3 May 2005 10:19:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 14:19:11 -0300 From: Franco Bruno Borghesi To: "Toll, Eric" In-Reply-To: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A944E4D14@VIP10-WIN2K> Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A944E4D14@VIP10-WIN2K> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another BIOS RAID or host based RAID question X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Franco Bruno Borghesi List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 17:19:20 -0000 Both 3ware boards are on similar based hardware: Tyan S5120AGNF (tomcat=20 i915g), PIV 3 ghz-HT disabled, 2GB of RAM. Mylex board is installed on an= =20 old PIII 800mhz, 768MB of RAM. I've run bonnie on the 3 servers, theese are the results: *3Ware 7506 4LP (ATA-RAID 5): -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seek= s--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec = %CPU 100 26773 21.0 25696 7.0 24083 4.4 106501 98.1 872573 98.5 86894.2 93.9 *3Ware 9500s (SATA-RAID 5): Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec = %CPU 100 35912 27.1 37985 7.2 42063 6.6 115488 98.1 2237713 99.2 134675.6 98.5 *Mylex AcceleRAID 160 (SCSI-RAID 5): -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seek= s--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec = %CPU 100 9528 27.3 9839 7.8 11813 12.9 36905 98.9 169363 99.1 25536.9 98.3 None of theese servers are very busy, and the tests where performed under= =20 normal load.=20 3Ware 9500s performs very well, but be carefull, acpi enabled hangs the=20 server every day, and disabling it will hang it every 10 :( If you're interested about ATA/SATA RAID you should try to get some=20 information on promise boards too. Hope someone in the list can help. 2005/5/3, Toll, Eric : >=20 >=20 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > > Franco Bruno Borghesi > > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:05 AM > > To: Toll, Eric > > Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Another BIOS RAID or host based RAID question > > > > Yes, I am using 3 servers with hardware raid: > > > > a)3ware 7500 with 4 ATA disks (1 spare) WD 160 GB in RAID 5, > > works great. > > b)Mylex AcceleRAID 160 with 3 SCSI 8 GB Quantum disks, RAID > > 5, works great. > > c)3ware 9600s with 4 SATA 150 disks (1 spare) WD 160 GB in > > RAID 5. Many problems, occasional reboots, couldn't get any > > help from the lists. > > > > The 3ware 7500 board comes in severall flavours, you could > > try a two channel model, though the only utility you have is > > tw_cli, it's console based, no alarms. It's also an ATA controller :( > > > > Hope this helps. >=20 > Yes it does, I just did a quick search of 3ware storage adapters on=20 > Insight and > the 8xxx and 9xxx series are available. > They are all 64 Bit PCI, which leads me to the mainboard. I wanted to get= =20 > an > Asus or Abit MB with an (single) AMD processor (64 perhaps) with 1Gb of= =20 > RAM. >=20 > What mainboard are your 3ware cards plugged into? >=20 > I want to build a new BSD server, with ATA raid or SATA raid, AMD 64 chip= =20 > (not > using 64bit BSD), MB and nice P/S and case. Can anyone recommend a good= =20 > shopping > list? >=20 > Regards, > Eric >=20 >