Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:05:11 -0700 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> To: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestions for SATA RAID cards Message-ID: <FEDA1103-8D83-4D43-9731-7E3D9D2DB1E5@svcolo.com> In-Reply-To: <035701c6d2c3$eb574aa0$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <44EC0B9B.5020705@withagen.nl><003f01c6c68d$64688e60$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <20060907184316.GC56998@svcolo.com> <035701c6d2c3$eb574aa0$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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> Jo Rhett wrote: >> However keep in mind that Highpoint support is nearly clueless. When >> the 1820a first shipped we were unable to find anyone on staff that >> knew what FreeBSD was, or how to read a problem report. >> No experience with Areca. 3ware is very clueful and capable. On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:23 PM, Steven Hartland wrote: > I did have a little bother getting through to the dev's for > support with a disk compatibility issue but once I located > the right person highpoint support was very good. How did you locate them? Highpoint support told us that a third party did the freebsd driver and that they had no intention of supporting it. FYI, several people have claimed that the 1820a is "hardware" -- this is untrue. It's hardware accelerated, but all of the raid logic is in the driver. It's sludgeware", not hardware raid. Performance tests against a real hardware raid adapter will demonstrate what I mean. -- Jo Rhett senior geek Silicon Valley Colocation
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