From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 00:45:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 4B1E216A41F for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:45:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@telus.net) Received: from priv-edtnes16.telusplanet.net (outbound04.telus.net [199.185.220.223]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D145443D6B for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:45:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@telus.net) Received: from priv-edtnaa06.telusplanet.net ([207.81.156.144]) by priv-edtnes16.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.04 201-2131-123-105-20051025) with ESMTP id <20060331004521.TSPD10346.priv-edtnes16.telusplanet.net@priv-edtnaa06.telusplanet.net>; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:45:21 -0700 Received: from mobile1 (gateway.cybernet-security.com [207.81.156.144]) by priv-edtnaa06.telusplanet.net (BorderWare MXtreme Infinity Mail Firewall) with ESMTP id 0BD4PJRL4V; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:45:20 -0700 (MST) From: "Richard P. Koett" To: "'Garance A Drosihn'" Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:45:11 -0800 Message-ID: <035101c6545c$6011c6e0$0502a8c0@mobile1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 Thread-Index: AcZUWYu+itMRJrtZT16cZPypH7TAvwAAVx/w In-Reply-To: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: SiI3112 Controller Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:45:23 -0000 Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 1:51 PM -0800 3/30/06, Richard P. Koett wrote: >> Some quick questions: >> >> 1) Are these SiI3112 controllers any good? > > They suck. > They are horrible. > They are very cheap to buy -- and are overpriced after > you add in all the aggravation they provide. > > Don't waste your time on them. Buy a real SATA > controller. (disclaimer: I am only commenting on > their SATA controllers) > >> I have the option of using a HighPoint HPT372 instead >> but was planning to use that elsewhere. > > Unfortunately I don't know enough to comment on other > alternatives. I dumped my SiI3112 SATA controller > and bought a real controller as made by Promise, but > there are probably a number of other good options. Well, the HPT controller is not what I'd call *real* RAID either but it's lying around so I'll give it a try. >> 2) Would upgrading to something newer than 5.4-RELEASE >> help with this issue? > > It will probably help. That doesn't mean you will have > a reliable controller, it just means that 6.x includes > more work-arounds for the myriad bugs in these super- > cheap controllers. Some of these work-arounds result > in performance penalties. > > Just my opinion, of course... YMMV. Thanks. Your comments are appreciated.