Re: which raid card? [was: aac raid status]

2009-11-11 Thread William Graeber
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 01:47, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: You say MegaRAID 8X in response to someone saying mfi? Sorry - I was referring to ami(4) cards in response to general discussion about LSI cards. For clarification, a quick search revealed that some, if not all, mfi(4)

which raid card? [was: aac raid status]

2009-11-10 Thread Michael
Hi, Am 10.11.2009 07:56, schrieb Daniel Ouellet: Punchline: I had a chat with one of the top techs at this mail system provider, and told him about the OpenBSD experience with Adaptec. He told me they have come to the same conclusion and that their next generation product would have a much

Re: which raid card? [was: aac raid status]

2009-11-10 Thread Marco Peereboom
mfi, there basically is no competition these days. On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:13:20AM +0100, Michael wrote: Hi, Am 10.11.2009 07:56, schrieb Daniel Ouellet: Punchline: I had a chat with one of the top techs at this mail system provider, and told him about the OpenBSD experience with

Re: which raid card? [was: aac raid status]

2009-11-10 Thread Jeff Ross
Michael wrote: Hi, Am 10.11.2009 07:56, schrieb Daniel Ouellet: Punchline: I had a chat with one of the top techs at this mail system provider, and told him about the OpenBSD experience with Adaptec. He told me they have come to the same conclusion and that their next generation product would

Re: which raid card? [was: aac raid status]

2009-11-10 Thread Ryan Corder
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:13:20AM +0100, Michael wrote: | quality of Adaptec cards. Any suggestions for a nice and not too | expensive 32/64bit PCI hardware RAID card supporting RAID 5 and maybe | even 6? May I share a similar conversation that I had on this very mailing list, except substitute

Re: which raid card? [was: aac raid status]

2009-11-10 Thread Noah Pugsley
Ryan Corder wrote: On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:13:20AM +0100, Michael wrote: | quality of Adaptec cards. Any suggestions for a nice and not too | expensive 32/64bit PCI hardware RAID card supporting RAID 5 and maybe | even 6? May I share a similar conversation that I had on this very mailing

Re: which raid card? [was: aac raid status]

2009-11-10 Thread William Graeber
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 08:37, Marco Peereboom sl...@peereboom.us wrote: mfi, there basically is no competition these days. I currently have a MegaRAID 8X, and the 48-bit LBA limits logical drives to 2TB. I can't speak for the other LSI offerings, but this would definitely be something to check

Re: which raid card? [was: aac raid status]

2009-11-10 Thread Theo de Raadt
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 08:37, Marco Peereboom sl...@peereboom.us wrote: mfi, there basically is no competition these days. I currently have a MegaRAID 8X, and the 48-bit LBA limits logical drives to 2TB. I can't speak for the other LSI offerings, but this would definitely be something to