From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 07:52:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E4316A4DA; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 07:52:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from kagate.punkt.de (kagate.punkt.de [217.29.33.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 782C243D46; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 07:52:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from hugo10.ka.punkt.de (hugo10.ka.punkt.de [10.0.0.110]) by kagate2.punkt.de with ESMTP id k717q21E020128; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:52:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hugo10.ka.punkt.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hugo10.ka.punkt.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k717px6G066575; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:51:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ry93@hugo10.ka.punkt.de) Received: (from ry93@localhost) by hugo10.ka.punkt.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k717pxWd066574; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:51:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ry93) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:51:59 +0200 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" To: User Freebsd Message-ID: <20060801075159.GD64880@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> References: <20060731224403.T27679@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060731224403.T27679@ganymede.hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT8514RZ ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:52:04 -0000 Hi! On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:49:27PM -0300, User Freebsd wrote: > Official word from Adaptec is that FreeBSD is no longer a supported > platform, so, I either live with the deadlocks, or try and figure out a > suitable replacement for the card ... That's really really bad news. Oddly, ICP Vortex Germany told me the opposite wr/t to their new line of cards. They said, they were working on full FreeBSD support. I'll check what they have to say about the GDT controllers. We run typo3.org on four heavily loaded systems with these cards. We did not update to 6.x yet, because of fear of the mythical NFS deadlocks. Now things seem to get even worse. > So, can anyone recommend a card to replace this with? Its a remote > server, so I'm looking for something that will be plug-n-play, same slot > that the GDT is in ... I realize that I'll have to reformat the server > afterwards ... We just ordered this box here: http://www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ssr212cc/ It contains two Intel SRCS28X RAID Controllers, that are supposedly supported by the amr driver and the Linux Megamgr utility. The system should arrive in about two weeks - if you're interested, I'll keep you updated. Regards, Patrick M. Hausen Leiter Netzwerke und Sicherheit -- punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Vorholzstr. 25 Tel. 0721 9109 -0 Fax: -100 76137 Karlsruhe http://punkt.de