From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 17:08:34 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DC29302 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:08:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f52.google.com (mail-qa0-f52.google.com [209.85.216.52]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A0292B04 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:08:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id j15so2580261qaq.39 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:08:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=WJEtUs4x9Bw6x6gOJYNoIO+4tzHxGpEIN/gdaJPAJ9s=; b=DccZDTz5/loVAoarW/j1n4QaG2umf34M0JxxqmkOccx/+i6q+d07dzVLYlV8bnFbRj JdX2lozzlxMiJw3zpRWYhgj6xRLxT7xt8Z4LGmuAtG3U7Mc4pVSQR5XObVlh/ksUDonj YI5+XLrgkzkoBa1yNSm9Ge3BANMMi+Hzb6EF+5rgNJtoQxCu5DdV5KcUp1C0XedekziR AGszizvtFGY4CjAI8TxGvbD+8pR0Qucyt+uxKqphH6ipCkOaPBlUYhKk7GUxIdiDVNqK hBkCtBk1pZzPnt1mPRvn1SSLbvqX9Yq9NPdbxPfn7P+WqQZYUdflEaNvenxDJq6QKsss 4mZQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmuRI0GnDSLpsEJ8DYmKI52QcVo1h8EalBsZHkLwcceFPeO5fDo4/0+vgE0wmCuD3HT/dgi X-Received: by 10.140.83.49 with SMTP id i46mr19341112qgd.22.1406826506892; Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:08:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.65] ([96.236.21.80]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k8sm5976328qad.6.2014.07.31.10.08.26 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:08:26 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: FreeBS(s)D From: Paul Kraus In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:08:25 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7FAD6DAA-56F9-4F74-9E6B-A5AD310326F0@kraus-haus.org> References: <53DA3AF8.2090600@webrz.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:08:34 -0000 On Jul 31, 2014, at 12:33, Warren Block wrote: > True, but I was talking about the onboard controllers on the SSDs = themselves. There are two common ones out there: Marvell and Sandforce. I had not thought about that. I knew about Sandforce controllers (as a = bunch of SSD manufactures tout that they are using them). > Sandforce controllers show high speeds on compressible data, but seem = to have more problems. I have used Kingston SSDs with Sandforce = controllers in a couple of Windows machines without problems, but not = for myself or for any serious duration with FreeBSD. I have not had any issues with the Kingston (Sandforce) units, and I = have pounded on them in pre-production testing. -- Paul Kraus paul@kraus-haus.org