Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT8514RZ ...

[User Freebsd]

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Christian Brueffer wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:49:27PM -0300, User Freebsd wrote:
>>
>> I have a remote server, running the above RAID controller, that, as most
>> ppl here have seen over the past few weeks, is causing endless headaches
>> ...
>>
>> Official word from Adaptec is that FreeBSD is no longer a supported
>> platform, so, I either live with the deadlocks, or try and figure out a
>> suitable replacement for the card ...
>>
>> So, can anyone recommend a card to replace this with?  Its a remote
>> server, so I'm looking for something that will be plug-n-play, same slot
>> that the GDT is in ... I realize that I'll have to reformat the server
>> afterwards ...
>>
>
> I contacted Achim Leubner not long ago, about wheather he still
> maintains and supports the iir(4) driver, as claimed in the SEE ALSO
> section of the manpage.  His answer was yes.

I email'd him several weeks back, as soon as it was determined that the 
problem I've been experiencing with the deadlocks looked to be iir 
related, and didn't hear anything back :(

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