Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 08:18:59 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: stuart@aurora-solutions.co.uk Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Serial ATA Message-ID: <4274E553.3050405@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <4274E348.7040909@aurora-solutions.co.uk> References: <4274E348.7040909@aurora-solutions.co.uk>
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O'Reilly, Stuart wrote: > Hi guys, > > Firstly, please go easy, i'm new to the list. > > I'm in the process of building / upgrading a server and have chosen > FreeBSD to run it. One requirement is the ability to support RAID 1. I > am looking at adding a Serial ATA PCI card but i'm unsure which is best. > The motherboard itself doesn't support Serial ATA and I don't want to > change it since it's a decent P4 motherboard and at the moment it's an > unncessary expense. > > I've looked in the archives and seen the name 3ware comes as a > recommendation. Does anyone know where I can get hold of one these in > the UK. The ususal e-stores don't seem to stock them. > > Failing that, I've been looking at Adaptec and the 1210AS has taken my > eye. Anyone have any experience of this card. > > The system is a P4 1.8Ghz system with 512MB RAM and 2 x 80GB drives > running in RAID 1. The system will be co-lo'd so something reliable is > required. > > Many thanks. > There are a number of high quality SATA RAID cards on the market. If you have the money, I'd highly suggest getting one that has a real RAID co-processor on it. The MegaRAID line from LSI is good, as are the new cards from Areca. Scott
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