Hello Jeremy!
Jeremy Chadwick schrieb:
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 01:55:30PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
But in this day and age, one of the best SATA controllers for FreeBSD is
an Areca controller. They're somewhat expensive (comparatively), but
the performance is apparently stunning, combined with decent FreeBSD
drivers that utilise CAM and da(4) (yes, despite the disks being SATA).
Every time people mention them on the lists, the response is the same:
amazing performance, and really good driver + administrative support
(e.g. software administrative utilities).
I do wish Areca made a less expensive controller with less features,
intended for "tech-savvy" consumer use, in the US$125 or less price
range.
And it appears they now do: the ARC-1200. PCIe x1, has 2 ports, and
on-board cache. It lacks an IOP, so the performance won't be that of
one of the more expensive cards. Either way, quite good for 2-disk
servers:
http://www.areca.com.tw/products/2ports.htm
Cost is ~US$175. A little steep, but the on-board cache supposedly
justifies it (IMHO, barely). Hopefully the price will come down to
US$100-125, which would be perfect.
Ooops, I haven't seen your eMail when I wrote you the last some minutes
ago... :-)
I know this controller (as I wrote you) for some days now. Here in
Germany I've only seen one Online-Shop where this controller is listed.
If the HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 (100EUR =~ 150USD) isn't as good as I
hope, then I will test the Areca ARC-1200 (140EUR =~ 210USD).
But you wrote "It lacks an IOP [...]". Do you mean that it will have no
Intel IOP because they only write it has a "500MHz Storage processor"
and therefore it will be not as fast as the other controllers from Areca?
Regards,
Lukas
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