Take a look at: http://www.icp-vortex.com/english/index_e.htm They have always made good RAID controllers. Cheers Paul On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 11:10 -0700, Kenji Morishige wrote: > 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 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org
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