Which one has better support for FreeBSD , LSI or Areca ? with multiport support

[Mike Tancsa]

On 9/21/2012 4:25 PM, Pepe (Jose) Amengual wrote:
> 
> So now I have decided to buy a real controller, Areca or LSI for the server
> but I need one that is port multiplier compatible and with external esata
> connectors.

Not sure about the eSata ports, but we are testing the newer 3ware
controllers (9750) that use the tws driver. Its a SAS controller, but
you can use SATA drives on them.

They seem to be quite fast!  In the past, we have used the twe and twa
based controllers from 3ware and have had very good results with them
over the years.  The monitoring facilities are great (CLI and web
based).  We have had drive failures over the years, and replacing them
has been painless

We also use a number of the older series Areca cards (ARC-1210) and they
too have been solid.  The monitoring daemon is a little quirky at first,
but it works well as does the CLI tool.  I havent tried any of their
newer SAS controllers, but they use the same arcmsr driver which is
actively maintained by Areca.

In short, I think you would do really well with either card.

	---Mike

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