Re: Areca ARC-1120 vs Adeptec 2820 for RAID 6

2006-02-27 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Feb 27, 2006, at 3:32 AM, Ashley Moran wrote: On Saturday 25 February 2006 04:53, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I would wonder about Adaptec support. Areca is officially supporting FreeBSD (and Solaris 10 and others). The Adaptec website claims that the 2820 is compatible with FreeB

Re: Areca ARC-1120 vs Adeptec 2820 for RAID 6

2006-02-27 Thread Ashley Moran
On Saturday 25 February 2006 00:06, Mike Tancsa wrote: > In short, I would recommend the card if you need speed under FreeBSD. Thanks for the info Mike. I get a good feeling about Areca. Looks like we'll be going with them. Nobody else seems to match them for board quality or support. Ashley

Re: Areca ARC-1120 vs Adeptec 2820 for RAID 6

2006-02-27 Thread Ashley Moran
On Saturday 25 February 2006 04:53, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > I would wonder about Adaptec support. Areca is officially supporting > FreeBSD (and Solaris 10 and others). The Adaptec website claims that the 2820 is compatible with FreeBSD 5.4 but doesn't mention 6. I noticed that ab

Re: Areca ARC-1120 vs Adeptec 2820 for RAID 6

2006-02-24 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Feb 24, 2006, at 5:16 AM, Ashley Moran wrote: I'm trying to decide whether to go with an Areca ARC-1120 or an Adeptec 2820 for a database server. The Promise SuperTrak EX8350 is out of the question because it lacks FreeBSD support. I would wonder about Adaptec support. Areca is offic

Re: Areca ARC-1120 vs Adeptec 2820 for RAID 6

2006-02-24 Thread Mike Tancsa
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:16:00 +, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: > >One server supplier says customer's he's supplie with ARC boards were unhappy >with them, but didn't give any specific reasons. Does anyone have any >experience with either of these on FBSD? > >There's a long co

Areca ARC-1120 vs Adeptec 2820 for RAID 6

2006-02-24 Thread Ashley Moran
I'm trying to decide whether to go with an Areca ARC-1120 or an Adeptec 2820 for a database server. The Promise SuperTrak EX8350 is out of the question because it lacks FreeBSD support. One server supplier says customer's he's supplie with ARC boards were unhappy with them, but didn't give any