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

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-4LPML On 9/5/07, brad

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

2007-09-06 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

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 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

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 would like to get