On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 09:42:05PM +0100, Sren Schmidt wrote.. > Wilko Bulte wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 09:07:26PM +0100, Sren Schmidt wrote.. > > > >>thron forum wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Does the current release support the Adaptec SATA 1205sa card? I have > >>>searched the Freebsd site as well as Google.com/bsd and I cant find the > >>>card. > >>> > >>> > >> > >>The 1205 is based on the SiI3112 SATA chip and is as such supported. > >>However, that chip is with a fair margin the worst piece of crap you can > >>buy for money IMNHO. > >>Get a real SATA controller and spare yourself the trouble, headackes > >>etc... > > > > > >Soren, what would you recommend for a plain SATA controller? > > Something Promise, a tx2 or tx4 depending on channels needed. > > >And what for one that can do true RAID1? > > Define true RAID1 ? > > All RAID1's that ATA supports are sofware based, any controller can do > here, unless you want to boot from it, you'd go for one that has BIOS > support for RAID like the Promise TX2200.. Well, yes, booting is the issue yes. Seems in .NL TX2200 has become a rare breed. Would a TX2300 also do? -- Wilko Bulte wilko_at_FreeBSD.orgReceived on Thu Dec 15 2005 - 20:18:47 UTC
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