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On Jan 29, 2004, at 5:12 AM, Artem Koutchine wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I am looking for supported RAID 5 controller for FreeBSD and
> I am very puzzled after reading all the specs and descrioptions.
>
> I haven't found any SATA RAID 5 controller in the FreeBSD
> supported Hardware list, but some manufacturer claim they
> support FreeBSD.
>
> SO far i have found
> 1) Promise FastTrak SX4 (around 200$)
> 2) HighPoint RocketRaid 1640 (aorund 150$ hard to find)
> 3) EscaladeR 8506 4-port  one (around 500$)
>
> HightPoint and Escalade AFAIK are well supported by FreeBSD.
> FreeBSD 4.8 support is promised in Promise :) FastTrak.
>

I have the Adaptec 2410SA.  It supports 4 drives, has its own CPU and 
64mb cache, and runs with the aac controller under 5.2.  It seems to 
run pretty well.  (Note:  this is a totally different beast than the 
2400A ATA controller)

Chad