Recommended SATA controllers?

2007-05-09 Thread Dieter
Looking for some form of SATA controller with good support. Currently running FreeBSD 6.2. Bonus points if it also works well with NetBSD & Linux (machine triple boots). I don't need RAID. Has there been any progress getting a driver working for Silicon Image 3124? Or any SATA controller with N

Re: sata raid card for FreeBSD?

2007-05-09 Thread Thomas Fischer
Hi Gary, Thanks for this information - looks like I'm going to be investing in one of these cards as well :-)... best regards, tom On 5/9/07, Gary D. Margiotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Gary, > > Thanks for your comments - I've found a Highpoint 1640 card at an > interesting price - 4 p

Re: sata raid card for FreeBSD?

2007-05-09 Thread Gary D. Margiotta
Hi Gary, Thanks for your comments - I've found a Highpoint 1640 card at an interesting price - 4 ports, so I have room to expand in the future. Any gotchas with this card as opposed to the 1542 that you've recommended? No gotcha's at all. I have a bunch of 1640's sitting on the shelf that I

Re: Support for Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5310 CPU

2007-05-09 Thread Brooks Davis
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:56:30PM +1000, Ivan Carey wrote: > Hi, > Does FreeBSD 6.2 support Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5310 CPU and an Intel Xeon > 5320 quad core CPU I can't speak to the specific numbers, but we've run a couple different Quad-Core Xeons in testing at work and they seem to work well.

Re: sata raid card for FreeBSD?

2007-05-09 Thread Thomas Fischer
Hi Gary, Thanks for your comments - I've found a Highpoint 1640 card at an interesting price - 4 ports, so I have room to expand in the future. Any gotchas with this card as opposed to the 1542 that you've recommended? best regards, tom On 5/9/07, Gary D. Margiotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: sata raid card for FreeBSD?

2007-05-09 Thread Thomas Fischer
Hi Rick, These are Maxtor 500GB drives purchased just a couple of weeks ago, so I assume that they are SATA-II capable... thanks and best regards, tom On 5/9/07, Rick C. Petty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:45:14AM +0200, Thomas Fischer wrote: > > Since I'm going to be