Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 02:06:12 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Christopher Smith <drsmithy@usa.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI IDE controllers Message-ID: <3C021414.5080709@owt.com> References: <000f01c17661$8693c120$0a00a8c0@area51>
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Christopher Smith wrote: > I'm looking at adding 3 - 6 IDE drives in a RAID array (using vinum) to > an existing server. As such, I'm going to have to add extra disk > controllers to accommodate them. I was wondering if anyone had > recommendations for add-in PCI controllers in terms of driver > compatibility (FreeBSD-4.4-STABLE), reliability and speed. As this is > being done pretty much on the cheap and only to be shared amongst a > household of 3 - 4 people, "real" IDE RAID controllers like the 3Ware > cards are not an option - neitehr are the pseudo-RAID controllers. I'm > only after opinions on standard, ATA-66/100 PCI cards. I think the best supported ones are the Promise Ultra cards. I don't think FreeBSD will even recognize the Maxtor cards. Kent > > Cheers, > CS > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > . > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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