RE: Adaptec AAR-1220SA / AAR-1430SA
Hello, I'm trying to establish whether I can expect the Adaptec AAR-1220SA or AAR-1430SA SATA cards to work with 6.2. They're not on the list of supported hardware, which does include a lot of the other Adaptec cards. However, the Adaptec cards that are listed all seem to be hardware RAID cards, whereas the 1220SA and 1430SA use something called 'HostRAID', which I think just means software raid. Does this just mean that I'll be unable to use the RAID functionality on the cards, not really a concern, or are they unlikely to work at all? any thanks, Chris Key I have a 1210SA adapter with 6.2 to use a gmirror. It looked all was working fine but when untarring large files or even a csup of the portstree I got TIME OUT messages on channel ad6 First I thought it was the disk so to eliminate that I switched the disks on the controller and got the same timeouts on ad6. I then searched the chipset for these adapters and soren the ata developer stated to stay away from those chipsets. I now have a 3ware 8006-2LP adapter and that works ok till now. See here http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg88965.html regards, Johan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.19/918 - Release Date: 25-7-2007 14:55 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.19/918 - Release Date: 25-7-2007 14:55 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adaptec AAR-1220SA / AAR-1430SA
At 05:01 AM 7/26/2007, Christopher Key wrote: Hello, I'm trying to establish whether I can expect the Adaptec AAR-1220SA or AAR-1430SA SATA cards to work with 6.2. They're not on the list of supported hardware, which does include a lot of the other Adaptec cards. However, the Adaptec cards that are listed all seem to be hardware RAID cards, whereas the 1220SA and 1430SA use something called 'HostRAID', which I think just means software raid. Does this just mean that I'll be unable to use the RAID functionality on the cards, not really a concern, or are they unlikely to work at all? Many thanks, Chris Key I have tried the 1200 series and they simply don't work for RAID or non-RAID use. They have Sil chips which cause intermittent problems. These problems are also present in other adapters that use some of the Sil chips. Unfortunately the Sil chips are hit and miss as they have different versions (masks) of the same chips and some will work while most do not. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adaptec AAR-1220SA / AAR-1430SA
Christopher Key wrote: I'm trying to establish whether I can expect the Adaptec AAR-1220SA or AAR-1430SA SATA cards to work with 6.2. They're not on the list of supported hardware, which does include a lot of the other Adaptec Some (maybe all?) of the Adaptec SATA cards used a Silicon Image SiI chipset, and were completely flaky unreliable junk under FBSD (the DMA timeout error mentioned previously.) I think the ata developer gave up on them, thus their exclusion from the hardware list. Check Adaptec's specs and see if you can find the chip set used. -RW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
