Re: I'm stupid

From: Simon (simon_at_optinet.com)
Date: 07/19/05

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    To: "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>, "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:49:52 -0400

    I would check the manual (don't just try it, you might burn it) to see if the card is
    backward compatible, a lot are.

    -Simon

    On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:27:50 -0400, Troy Settle wrote:

    >
    >Ok, I'm stupid...
    >
    >I pulled some old servers out of service, one of which is a 2.8Ghz P4
    >w/HTT that I was going to turn into a web server. So, I called up one
    >of my favorite vendors and asked them for a 4 disk SATA RAID solution.
    >They came up with a really slick sounding setup:
    >
    > 3Ware 9000-something (listed as supported under 5.x)
    > 4x 80GB/8MB SATA Drives
    > Rhino (or something) hot-swap SATA cage...
    >
    >It all arrived today, and to my suprise, the 3ware card is a @#$@# 64bit
    >PCI card... not going to work in /any/ of the recycled servers I'm
    >wanting to build. I mean, come on... if I was going to invest in a
    >high-end server board with 64bit PCI slots, I wouldn't waste my time
    >with SATA, it'd be U320 all the way.
    >
    >Of course, I could have just used an old AMI Megaraid 266 controller
    >w/U2W drives, but not ONE of my P4 boards will even boot with the thing...
    >
    >Anyone have any reccomendations on a reliable, 32-bit PCI, 4-port SATA
    >raid(5) controller for FreeBSD 5.x?
    >
    >
    >Thanks,
    >
    >--
    > Troy Settle
    > Pulaski Networks
    > 866.477.5638
    > http://www.psknet.com
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