Actually the ami list in the man page is pretty exhaustive.
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:21:29AM -0600, Marco Peereboom wrote:
> Avoid the Adaptec ones which are conveniently also marketed as PERC.
> Anything >= PERC4 should be AMI/LSI based and works.
>
> The PERC3 DC/DCL/SC should work too. Again make sure you don't end up
> with something adaptec (they do have different designations but my
> memory fails me).
>
> Can't comment on the HP stuff since I don't use it.
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:32:31AM -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> > Looking to build a couple of production servers, so I was thinking about
> > heading to the local 'recycled' store for off-lease systems.
> >
> > Only problem is, it's really hard to figure out if the RAID controllers
> > are compatible (e.g. Perc 3 vs. OpenBSD Perc 5); can anyone share any
> > recommendations? For example:
> >
> > Dell 16005C (Perc 3 SC), 4600 (Perc 3 DC-128), 600SC (Perc DAT8)
> > Compaq ML350GB (Smart 532), ML370 G4 (Smart 642)
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Lee
