Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:54:42 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? Message-ID: <363D9F6E-E373-494A-A340-667FBBF30CF0@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <20060628184537.R1114@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060622174220.AEB6D44696@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20060622145130.I1114@ganymede.hub.org> <cone.1151484180.608204.14057.5001@35st-server.simplicato.com> <20060628131353.R1114@ganymede.hub.org> <cone.1151529649.495508.61382.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> <20060628184537.R1114@ganymede.hub.org>
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On Jun 28, 2006, at 3:46 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Francisco Reyes wrote: > >> Marc G. Fournier writes: >> >>> the problem is that none of the Tier 1 hardware manufacturer's >>> support FreeBSD, and a growing number of places (ie. Adaptec / >>> Intel) appear to be dropping support for it as well ... >> >> But companies like 3Ware and Areca are supporting it and from what >> I see on the lists, people are voting with their money in their >> favor. > > The problem is that 3Ware and Areca, I believe, are SATA > vendors ... what I'm trying to do is keep to one 'integrated > environment / vendor', and stick with SCSI ... Areca has, or is coming out with, an SAS controller according to some email I had with them last Fall Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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