Thanks for the suggestion Mark, though the server chassis I am trying to utilize already has 4 10,000 RPM SCSI drives with SCA interfaces. Ideally I would like to use the existing drives and chassis and find another SCSI RAID controller. It looks like 3Ware only makes ATA controllers. -Kenji On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 12:52:09PM +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Kenji Morishige wrote: > >I am currently running FreeBSD 4.11 (due to IT requirements for now) and > >Adaptec's 2200S RAID controller running in RAID5. I was advised in the > >past > >that the 2200S is actually a poor performing controller and obviously the > >RAID5 is less than ideal for databases. I chose to run the controller in > >RAID5 as the tech I talked to suggested that the 2200S was primarily > >designed > >for RAID5 and it would operate the best that way. My server is a dual Xeon > > 3.06Ghz box running on a motherboard approximately 2-3 years old now. > > I'd > >like to know what an ideal RAID controller that would be compatible with > >FreeBSD 6.1 would be these days. > > > > > > I've had good experience with 3Ware on FreeBSD - painless installs and > excellent performance! (in my case the older 7506 models for (P)ATA on > 4.10, 5.4, 6.0 and 6.1). > > It looks like the new 9550 series is supported in 6.1 onwards. Given > that this has been added recently I would suggest mailing > freebsd-hardware to see what experiences folks are having (I don't > recall seeing any postings about issues with the 9000 or 9550 series). > > Cheers > > Mark
