Re: Experiences with 3Ware 9500-Series and 5.2 CURRENT?

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:38:51 -0700
"Vinod Kashyap" <vkashyap_at_amcc.com> wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Patrick
> > Hurrelmann
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 9:56 AM
> > To: freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org; freebsd-hardware_at_freebsd.org
> > Subject: Experiences with 3Ware 9500-Series and 5.2 CURRENT?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > i just sold my Promsie FastTrak S150 SX4 due to missing Raid 
> > 5 support of ataraid. I really wanted to get it running with 
> > FreeBSD 5.2 CURRENT, but the wait was too long :(
> > I thank Soeren Schmidt for his work and patience.
> > 
> > Now I know want to buy a 3Ware 9500S-4LP.
> > 
> > My desired configuration will be a Dual-Athlon on a Asus 
> > A7M266-D with 4x 120gb, 7200 rpm, 8mb cache (western digital).
> > 
> >  - Does anybody use such a controller and in what configuration?
> >  - How stable is the current twa?
> 
> twa has gone through a full qualification process internal to 3ware.
> 
> 
> >  - Do the CLI and 3DM Tools work?
> 
> They haven't been released yet, and are expected to be released shortly.
> 


I just checked www.3ware.com and binary-version of drivers, CLI and 3DM2 have been released for FreeBSD :)

Great!

Now i only need to get it installed :/


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