Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:32:01 -0000 From: "Lawrence Farr" <freebsd-hw@epcdirect.co.uk> To: "'Gary D. Margiotta'" <gary@tbe.net>, <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 3Ware Escalade 5800 max drive size Message-ID: <20040225223200.8E84815438@gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402251550510.462-100000@thud.tbe.net>
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I cant remember what the oldest cards I have are, I'm pretty sure they are 5xx series ones, and I tested one of them with 300Gb drives the other day. The newer ones work quite happily with big drives, which is not a lot of help to you: twe0: <3ware 7000 series Storage Controller. Driver version 1.50.00.000> port 0xc000-0xc00f mem 0xfe000000-0xfe7fffff,0xfebf9c00-0xfebf9c0f irq 16 at device 3.0 on pci0 twe0: 8 ports, Firmware FE7S 1.05.00.063, BIOS BE7X 1.08.00.048 twed0: <Unit 0, RAID5, Normal> on twe0 twed0: 1196857MB (2451163520 sectors) Lawrence Farr EPC Direct Limited > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary > D. Margiotta > Sent: 25 February 2004 21:24 > To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: 3Ware Escalade 5800 max drive size > > Well, I'm thinking of picking up a couple of these controllers, since > they're pretty cheap. > > It's going to be running under FreeBSD (4.9 or 5.x) at home, for mass > storage for video clips and stuff lke that, so I'm not too > concerned about > overall speed. > > However, the biggest question I have, is how big of a drive will the > controllers support? I've been searching for the past few days, and > haven't been able to find anything about drive sizes and limitations. > > A part of the FAQ on their site says that all of their > controllers support > 48-bit addressing, but after reading the FAQ, it appeared that it was > geared towards the 7000 and 8000 series controllers, so I > took it with a > grain of salt. > > Is anyone using the 5000-series with any drives larger than 120GB, or > knows if they will support it (and if not, where does it > start, i.e. do I > need to go to the 6000 or 7000 series before it'll recognize > a 160GB drive > fully)? > > Thanks, > > -Gary > > Running Windows is kinda like playing blackjack: > User stays on success, reboots on failure > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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