Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:44:50 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3ware cards work in AMD64 port? Message-ID: <200506060944.51553.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <20050606120017.B87454@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456E9FA@vip10-win2k.vipstructures.com> <20050606120017.B87454@zoraida.natserv.net>
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On June 6, 2005 09:01 am, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Toll, Eric wrote: > > I really like it. You need a *64* Bit PCI slot to fully > > utilize the cards speed. > Will it work on a 32bit slot? > The load on the system will be small. I just want RAID 1 for > protection.. so the loss of speed because of using 32bit won't matter > much. If the load is low, and you only want RAID1, have you considered the software RAID capabilities of ccd(4), gmirror(8), and gvium(8)? I'm using gmirror on a server at home running 2 120 GB IDE drives off a Promise PCI IDE card. Setup was simple, initial synchronisation was fairly quick (considering it's only a P2 333MHz system with 384 MB RAM), and array rebuild after pulling the cable on one drive was also fairly fast. As for running PCI-X cards (64-bit, 66/100/133 MHz) in 32-bit PCI slots, most of them will work, albeit a lot slower than they could. Depends on how the card's connector is keyed. -- Freddie Cash, CLCP CNCP Network Support / Helpdesk School District 73 (250) 377-4357 fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca
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