Re: Need really cheap IDE mirroring PCI controlled for FreebBSD 4.10

From: Artem Kuchin (matrix_at_itlegion.ru)
Date: 03/03/05

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    To: "pete wright" <nomadlogic@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:13:18 +0300

    pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> wrote:
    > On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:27:07 +0300, Artem Kuchin <matrix@itlegion.ru>
    > wrote:
    >> Can anybody recommend cheap IDE mirroring PCI (2.0, not 2.1 or 2.2)
    >> controller with just 2 IDE ports which works fine with FreeBSD 4.10 ?
    >>
    >> It is to be installed on a very old motherboard (1998) and two 40GB
    >> IDE driver (more or less modern ones, at least not used ones for
    >> sure).
    >
    > sorry I don't know of any really cheap one's off hand, altho I do have
    > experience with 3Ware RAID cards on 4.x. They seemed to work well,
    > and they are less expensive than proper SCSI cards...altho slower. If
    > cost really an issue would it be worth mirroring your disks in
    > software via VINUM?

    Well, i don't trust software raids. But 3ware is probably one of the most
    expensive raid 0,1 controllers. There must be something around 40$ which
    freebsd supports. Does anyone known any model? 

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Regards,
Artem Kuchin
IT Legion Ltd.
Moscow, Russia
www.itlegion.ru
matrix@itlegion.ru
+7 095 232-0338
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