Re: Benchmarks to run (was Re: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations

2005-11-01 Thread Darcy Buskermolen
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 13:22, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 07:23 PM 31/10/2005, Francisco Reyes wrote: > >On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Mike Tancsa wrote: > I use the 3ware line (8xxx) and they are very stable, but not the > fastest. For speed, check out the cards from Areca. Native > FreeBSD s

Benchmarks to run (was Re: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations

2005-11-01 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 07:23 PM 31/10/2005, Francisco Reyes wrote: On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Mike Tancsa wrote: I use the 3ware line (8xxx) and they are very stable, but not the fastest. For speed, check out the cards from Areca. Native FreeBSD support and they are FAST http://www.areca.com.tw/products/html/pcix-s

Re: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations

2005-11-01 Thread Francisco Reyes
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Mike Tancsa wrote: I would for sure check pricing with Areca Will do. I think I have a new server we will be making in a few months and thinking will go with an Areca card card for it. ___ freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing

Re: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations

2005-11-01 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 12:52 AM 01/11/2005, Francisco Reyes wrote: On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Mike Tancsa wrote: Which 3ware were they comparing ? The 9500SX was a little bit more than the 4 port ARECA here in Canada. It was the 9500SX.. Don't recall the models for the ARECA, but they compared it to two. I would fo