From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 13 01:55:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D0216A4CE for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:55:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E00143D1F for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:55:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1D9tWOL095190; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:55:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)i1D9tVqN095187; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:55:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:55:31 +0100 (CET) From: Olaf Hoyer To: Tim Pushor In-Reply-To: <402BBA3D.2060006@crossthread.com> Message-ID: <20040213103055.S95049@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <402BBA3D.2060006@crossthread.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq RAID on 4.9-RELEASE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:55:33 -0000 On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Tim Pushor wrote: > Hi all, > > We are going to be replacing one of our older systems here with a new > HP/Compaq server and want to buy a (cheap) supported hardware raid > adapter. Compaq/HP used to be so easy. > > The system we are looking at has either a Compaq 532 or 641 depending on > the processor speed (!). I see the 532 is supported, any word on the 641? Hi! BTW:Which server model do you plan to buy? In $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ciss/ciss.c,v 1.2.2.13 2003/12/13 07:56:28 ps Exp $ both models appear: ciss_vendor_data[] = { { 0x0e11, 0x4070, CISS_BOARD_SA5, "Compaq Smart Array 5300" }, { 0x0e11, 0x4080, CISS_BOARD_SA5B, "Compaq Smart Array 5i" }, { 0x0e11, 0x4082, CISS_BOARD_SA5B, "Compaq Smart Array 532" }, { 0x0e11, 0x4083, CISS_BOARD_SA5B, "HP Smart Array 5312" }, { 0x0e11, 0x4091, CISS_BOARD_SA5, "HP Smart Array 6i" }, { 0x0e11, 0x409A, CISS_BOARD_SA5, "HP Smart Array 641" }, { 0x0e11, 0x409B, CISS_BOARD_SA5, "HP Smart Array 642" }, { 0x0e11, 0x409C, CISS_BOARD_SA5, "HP Smart Array 6400" }, { 0x0e11, 0x409D, CISS_BOARD_SA5, "HP Smart Array 6400 EM" }, But I cannot comment on stability fo the models mentioned above... I have some boxes here, that use the smartarry 5 and 5iplus with 2003 Server, and I had some old 360 g1 and g2, the g2 having the SA5 onboard, and those were rock-solid. But with the PCI ones I have no hands-on-experience, but it should be the same like the onboard ones. Regarding terms of data security, they are not the fastest, but reliable. (OK, could be that 5.2 and GEOM still have some rough edges, I had mine running 4.8-stable) HTH Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)