Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:02:51 -0700 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: "Richard P. Koett" <lists@telus.net> Cc: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SiI3112 Controller Question Message-ID: <5F1267A9-EAC2-4E6B-9F17-13827E40ADD4@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <035101c6545c$6011c6e0$0502a8c0@mobile1> References: <035101c6545c$6011c6e0$0502a8c0@mobile1>
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On Mar 30, 2006, at 5:45 PM, Richard P. Koett wrote: > Garance A Drosihn wrote: >> At 1:51 PM -0800 3/30/06, Richard P. Koett wrote: >>> Some quick questions: >>> >>> 1) Are these SiI3112 controllers any good? >> >> They suck. >> They are horrible. >> They are very cheap to buy -- and are overpriced after >> you add in all the aggravation they provide. >> >> Don't waste your time on them. Buy a real SATA >> controller. (disclaimer: I am only commenting on >> their SATA controllers) >> >>> I have the option of using a HighPoint HPT372 instead >>> but was planning to use that elsewhere. >> >> Unfortunately I don't know enough to comment on other >> alternatives. I dumped my SiI3112 SATA controller >> and bought a real controller as made by Promise, but >> there are probably a number of other good options. > > Well, the HPT controller is not what I'd call *real* RAID > either but it's lying around so I'll give it a try. If you want a somewhat reasonably priced "real" raid controller, the LSI MegaRaid SATA-4 150 (or some name like that) is around $225 or so and works pretty well Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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