Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:33:26 -0800 From: David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, "Raphael H. Becker" <rabe@p-i-n.com> Subject: Re: [6.0-RELEASE] Trouble with Intel-SATA-RAID Controller Message-ID: <35c231bf0601130833r4c02ee5ua6a28a0e9bc42e2e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20060113095501.07513e48@64.7.153.2> References: <20060111200436.C30165@p-i-n.com> <43C55962.5020205@rogers.com> <20060112144459.D30165@p-i-n.com> <6.2.3.4.0.20060113095501.07513e48@64.7.153.2>
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On 1/13/06, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote: > The Areca is higher in price as they only come in 4 ports and > above. Go with the 3ware 8006 2 port. If you are looking for > stability and reliability under FreeBSD, its the way to go. I have > recovered from many failed disks with the 3ware under FreeBSD, Linux > and Windows and it works and works well. Seconded (or n'd). We have dozens of 3ware cards in service and they've all been great. From 8006 all the way to 9500S. Other than the occasional problem with >2TB on FreeBSD the cards and the drivers themselves appear absolutely solid. The best part is 3ware provides the drivers directly to the project, and provides a CLI utility for interacting with the card, which works very well for initiating rebuilds or creating arrays, whatever you need (except perhaps firmware updates. But 3ware provides bootable floppies for that.)
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