10 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-stableRe: Promise-66 RAID | From | Sent On | Attachments |
|---|---|---|
| Petr Murmak | Jul 26, 2000 8:58 am | |
| Mike Smith | Jul 26, 2000 12:56 pm | |
| mi...@aldan.algebra.com | Jul 26, 2000 1:28 pm | |
| Barry Pederson | Jul 26, 2000 1:49 pm | |
| Brandon D. Valentine | Jul 26, 2000 1:54 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Jul 26, 2000 1:57 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Jul 26, 2000 2:23 pm | |
| Shawn Barnhart | Jul 26, 2000 2:29 pm | |
| Matthew Fuller | Jul 26, 2000 5:46 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Jul 26, 2000 6:00 pm |
| Subject: | Re: Promise-66 RAID | |
|---|---|---|
| From: | Mike Smith (msm...@freebsd.org) | |
| Date: | Jul 26, 2000 1:57:00 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-stable | |
On 26 Jul, Mike Smith wrote: = The FastTrak cards are not RAID cards; they are dual-port ATA cards = with (lame) RAID software in the BIOS on the card. They require = Windows drivers which take over the RAID work once you have booted = Windows, or you can use them as plain dual-port ATA-66 cards. = = If you want a supported ATA RAID solution, see www.3ware.com.
We see ccd driver doing wonders with several disks connected through Promise ATA cards. Speed of 20-60Mb/s is achievable with CPU utilization much smaller then when using the 3Ware card.
I'd be very interested to see your tests and results on this. (Obviously, since you would have seen my name on the 3ware driver.)
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