On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Rob <li...@midsummerdream.org> wrote:
> I've seen the SYBA SY-PEX40008, but would prefer to have a PCI-e 4x > connector for the bandwidth and avoid a port multiplier if possible. Since > this will be in a ZFS pool, I'd prefer not to have 1 bad port take out more > than 1 disk. :) I have seen the Sil3124 chipset mentioned before in my > searches and wasn't sure of its level of support either so it's nice to know > that chipset is well supported. Does the siis driver support offlining and > swapping hard disks without rebooting? > > > The Adaptec 1430SA seems to use a Marvell chipset according to some > searching of the freebsd archives: > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2005-10/0389.html > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/stable/2005-11/0441.html > http://old.nabble.com/Adaptec-1405-on-FreeBSD-td26337538.html > > But Adaptec's own site/documentation doesn't want to confirm it for me. > The best I've come up with is: > > http://ask.adaptec.com/scripts/adaptec_tic.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=12177&p_created=1098385883&p_sid=1tiW_K3k&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=438&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQ6MSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MjE5LDIxOSZwX3Byb2RzPTQ1JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0xLjQ1JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1 > > I've found a commit that mentions support for the 1430SA: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-stable-8/2009-November/000565.html > > But I'm not sure what the state of the support is or how stable it is with > that driver (looks to be ata?) > > If the 1430SA uses the Marvell chipset (as it appears to), then I guess the > question comes down to the level of support for the Marvell 88SX6541 and > 88SX7042 chipsets. > > Anyone know the current state of functionality for the above Marvell > chipsets? > > Rob > > > On 06/30/2010 09:07 AM, Steve Polyack wrote: > >> On 06/29/10 16:58, Rob wrote: >> >>> I've been trying to find a PCI-e SATA II (300MB/s) controller card for >>> a FreeBSD 8.0 system, but am having problems determining if FreeBSD >>> 8.0 will support them. Ideally I'd like to find one that is not a HW >>> Raid controller, as I don't need that functionality since I place to >>> use ZFS and the HW Raid on the card just gets in the way. I know that >>> a HighPoint RocketRAID 23x0 (2310, 2320) will work with the htprr >>> driver, but those are HW RAID cards. >>> >>> I've found 'Adaptec 2241000-R 1430SA' and 'Rosewill RC-218' cards, and >>> those are the ones I'm having a hard time telling if FreeBSD supports. >>> Searching of the e-mail archives has given me mixed results and >>> nothing definitive to say that they work. >>> >>> I'm not sure what chipset the Adaptec 2241000-R 1430SA uses, but the >>> Rosewill uses the Marvell 88SX7042 chipset. I'd prefer to use Adaptec >>> if possible as in the past they produced good SCSI boards and used to >>> be well supported (in Linux anyway), but I'll use the Rosewill if it's >>> well supported in FreeBSD. It's also possible Adaptec has taken a hit >>> in support/quality since I last used one of their boards. :) >>> >>> I think the Marvell SATA chipset work is still a work-in-progress. It >> may still be supported by the ata(4) driver, but that driver typically >> does not support any SATA-specific features, such as NCQ. >> >> Does anyone know if the above boards are supported in FreeBSD? Anyone >>> have any recommendations for PCI-e 4x SATA controllers with a minimum >>> of 4 internal connectors? >>> >> >> We use a handful of the SYBA SY-PEX40008 cards >> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124027) to >> manage a handful of drives with ZFS. The cards have some RAID features, >> but you can simply plug disks in and use them without involving the RAID >> layer. If your motherboard supports it, you can even disable the Option >> ROM from showing up on boot. >> >> Overall, the performance has been pretty good. The siis(4) driver has >> full support for the Sil3124 chipset that these use and supports all of >> the bells & whistles like NCQ and FIS-based switching for port >> multipliers. They have also been very stable. The only gripe for me is >> that it's only 1x PCI-E, instead of 4x, so you won't get full >> performance out of it once you have 4 fast drives attached. >> >> >> >>> Rob >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > Actually 3ware seems to have very good FreeBSD support is that beyond your budget? -- mmm, interesante..... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
