Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:01:14 -0400 From: Paul Kraus <paul@kraus-haus.org> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: FreeBS(s)D Message-ID: <C18DD449-3AF8-4F9C-852B-98EBC97C3DDE@kraus-haus.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407310843430.34015@wonkity.com> References: <53DA3AF8.2090600@webrz.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407310843430.34015@wonkity.com>
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On Jul 31, 2014, at 10:49, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jul 2014, Jos Chrispijn wrote: >=20 >> Can you tell me if I can use SSD media to run FreeBSD on and which >> brands are most BSD compliant? >=20 > I've used Plextor, Samsung, and Toshiba with FreeBSD, preferring the = Marvell controllers. Good point Warren. The controllers matter (not just for the SSD but for = ZFS as well). You want plain AHCI controllers for ZFS, you do NOT want = RAID controllers. I have been very happy with the Marvell chipset based = controllers. I have also used the LSI 2208 on SuperMicro motherboards, = but they are more of a pain to configure the way I need them. -- Paul Kraus paul@kraus-haus.org
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