Re: RAID Controller Recommendations: ARC-1210 or 9650SE-4LPML

2007-09-16 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Sep 6, 2007, at 5:59 AM, Johan Hendriks wrote: Do not go for the adaptec 1210! That was not one of the choices given. The ARC-1210 is a different device from a different manufacturer -- Areca. Chad I have the same model, and it always give errors on /dev/ad6 First I thought it was

RE: RAID Controller Recommendations: ARC-1210 or 9650SE-4LPML

2007-09-07 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Maxim Khitrov > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:15 PM > To: brad davison > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: RAID Controller Recommendations: ARC-1210 or 9650SE

RE: RAID Controller Recommendations: ARC-1210 or 9650SE-4LPML

2007-09-06 Thread Johan Hendriks
Do not go for the adaptec 1210! I have the same model, and it always give errors on /dev/ad6 First I thought it was the drive itself but after swapping that one with another one still /dev/ad6 errors. Also swapping ad4 to ad6 /dev/ad6 errors out and freezes the system. Long story short it is

Re: RAID Controller Recommendations: ARC-1210 or 9650SE-4LPML

2007-09-05 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I'm building a new workstation for myself, which will primarily run FreeBSD 7.0+ and possibly dual-boot with Win XP for gaming. I'd like to have at least a terabyte of redundant disk storage (probably RAID5), so I'm trying to figure out which controller would give me the best results. simply use

Re: RAID Controller Recommendations: ARC-1210 or 9650SE-4LPML

2007-09-05 Thread Maxim Khitrov
On 9/5/07, brad davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Hello, > > > >My two main candidates are Areca ARC-1210, and 3ware 9650SE-4LPML. > >Both are 4-lane SATA II controllers. Both cost about the same, and > >from what I gather, both should be supported by FreeBSD. I read the > >reviews, but wou

RE: RAID Controller Recommendations: ARC-1210 or 9650SE-4LPML

2007-09-05 Thread brad davison
Hello, My two main candidates are Areca ARC-1210, and 3ware 9650SE-4LPML. Both are 4-lane SATA II controllers. Both cost about the same, and from what I gather, both should be supported by FreeBSD. I read the reviews, but would like to get some additional feedback specifically for using the