Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:36:18 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org> To: stable@freebsd.org, amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestions for SATA RAID cards Message-ID: <20060824053618.GA7211@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> In-Reply-To: <003f01c6c68d$64688e60$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <44EC0B9B.5020705@withagen.nl> <003f01c6c68d$64688e60$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:23:00AM +0100, Steven Hartland wrote: > The Areca cards I can recommend. Highpoint 1820a is surprisingly good Many many years ago I bought a HighPoint HPT366 ATA66 controller. Thought its a good deal because it was cheap. Thought, an ATA interface can't be that complicated anymore so that its safe to buy a cheap product. Turned out that I was very wrong with my theorie. I ran into timeout problems, that couldn't be fixed. After days and nights of troubleshooting and testing I didn't get it to work reliably. I replaced it by buying a more expensive Promise controller. Since then I had zero problems. Since that time I lost trust in HighPoint products. Good stuff has its price. It must not always be the most expensive hardware. But going with the cheapest (and I assume the HighPoint product will again be in the low price segment) can be troublesome. Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 6 Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/
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