On 1/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have not used any of the SATA, but would consider that an option.
I've got a couple of the LSI 300-8X SATA cards. They certainly perform
wonderfully and at a good pricepoint.
I had run into a problem on SMP AMD64 with ccb timeouts locking up the
box, which is doing some heavy NFS and DB. Upgrading the firmware
seems to have cleared that up (knock on wood).
# grep ami0 /var/run/dmesg.boot
ami0 at pci4 dev 14 function 0 "Symbios Logic MegaRAID SATA 8x" rev
0x07: apic 4 int 0 (irq 5) LSI 3008 32b
ami0: FW 813J, BIOS vH430, 128MB RAM
ami0: 1 channels, 0 FC loops, 1 logical drives
scsibus0 at ami0: 40 targets
scsibus1 at ami0: 16 targets
# bioctl -i ami0
Volume Status Size Device
ami0 0 Online 899999072256 sd0 RAID10
0 Online 300018565120 0:1.0 noencl <Maxtor 7L300S0 BANC>
1 Online 300018565120 0:0.0 noencl <Maxtor 7L300S0 BANC>
2 Online 300018565120 0:3.0 noencl <Maxtor 7L300S0 BANC>
3 Online 300018565120 0:2.0 noencl <Maxtor 7L300S0 BANC>
4 Online 300018565120 0:4.0 noencl <Maxtor 7L300S0 BANC>
5 Online 300018565120 0:5.0 noencl <Maxtor 7L300S0 BANC>
ami0 1 Unused 300018565120 0:6.0 noencl <Maxtor 7L300S0 BANC>
ami0 2 Unused 300018565120 0:7.0 noencl <Maxtor 7L300S0 BANC>
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Jon Simola
Systems Administrator
ABC Communications
