Hi Steve Ames, you wrote. SA> G'day.
SA> My company is putting together a system with lots of file SA> system on it to do disk based backup. SA> Under 5.1-CURRENT what's the best supported (and performing SA> optimally) SATA RAID controller (RAID 0, maybe 5)? What SA> manufacturer/model of SATA disks do you recommend for that SA> controller? SA> This is our first forray into the world of SATA and we want SA> to make it painless. I realize I've probably not supplied enough SA> info for a solid answer but perhaps for a starting place? 3Ware Escalade 8XXX (I think 8K series is SATA, you'll easily figure it out on their site) should be a safe bet from all I know. Also one of the most expensive ones, though. But seeing that RAID5 can save you a lot of money on big disk clusters, it might even end up being cheaper than el cheapo RAID1 stuff. Regards, Gabriel _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
