Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 15:10:57 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Rogier Krieger <rogier@virgiel.nl> Cc: FreeBSD-hardware list <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Support for affordable S-ATA RAID controllers (xs4) Message-ID: <20040104231057.GA5091@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20040105000444.0123f9c0@virgiel.xs4all.nl> References: <3.0.5.32.20040104200916.011e4c00@virgiel.xs4all.nl> <3.0.5.32.20040104200916.011e4c00@virgiel.xs4all.nl> <3.0.5.32.20040105000444.0123f9c0@virgiel.xs4all.nl>
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--UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 12:04:44AM +0100, Rogier Krieger wrote: > Previous correspondence from Mike Tancsa (14:53 4-1-2004 -0500): > >I picked up a couple of 3WARE 8006-2s the other week from > >www.hypermicro.com for $129 USD each which is not much more than the > >Adaptec or Promise cards.=20 >=20 > Browsing through the 3ware catalogue, I see that the card is > made for 64 bit PCI slots. Do you know whether it works in > a regular 32 bit PCI slot? Otherwise, I would have to buy a > Xeon board, which are rather expensive (IIRC). For US$ 129, > the cards are definitely a bargain (if they work on a 32bit slot) The standard mandates that 64-bit PCI devices work (slower of course) in 32-bit slots. Some motherboards may have mechanical issues, but you should be able to find at least one slot that works on most boards. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/+J1/XY6L6fI4GtQRAm1kAJ93qGwnb8RXEetbcugj1C3b1py6TgCgoXY7 uXpA4wkmZ0WxiahMci9rv+g= =GjCp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk--
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