Re: suggested RAID controller for FreeBSD 6.1 +PostgreSQL 8.1

Take a look at: http://www.icp-vortex.com/english/index_e.htm

They have always made good RAID controllers.

Cheers
Paul

On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 11:10 -0700, Kenji Morishige wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion Mark, though the server chassis I am trying to
> utilize already has 4 10,000 RPM SCSI drives with SCA interfaces. Ideally I
> would like to use the existing drives and chassis and find another SCSI RAID
> controller. It looks like 3Ware only makes ATA controllers.
> -Kenji
>
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 12:52:09PM +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> > Kenji Morishige wrote:
> > >I am currently running FreeBSD 4.11 (due to IT requirements for now) and
> > >Adaptec's 2200S RAID controller running in RAID5. I was advised in the
> > >past
> > >that the 2200S is actually a poor performing controller and obviously the
> > >RAID5 is less than ideal for databases. I chose to run the controller in
> > >RAID5 as the tech I talked to suggested that the 2200S was primarily
> > >designed
> > >for RAID5 and it would operate the best that way. My server is a dual Xeon
> > > 3.06Ghz box running on a motherboard approximately 2-3 years old now.
> > > I'd
> > >like to know what an ideal RAID controller that would be compatible with
> > >FreeBSD 6.1 would be these days.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I've had good experience with 3Ware on FreeBSD - painless installs and
> > excellent performance! (in my case the older 7506 models for (P)ATA on
> > 4.10, 5.4, 6.0 and 6.1).
> >
> > It looks like the new 9550 series is supported in 6.1 onwards. Given
> > that this has been added recently I would suggest mailing
> > freebsd-hardware to see what experiences folks are having (I don't
> > recall seeing any postings about issues with the 9000 or 9550 series).
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Mark
>
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