Issue with 7.0-RELEASE and Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC

[Lukas Razik]

Hello Jeremy!

Jeremy Chadwick schrieb:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 01:55:30PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> 
>>But in this day and age, one of the best SATA controllers for FreeBSD is
>>an Areca controller.  They're somewhat expensive (comparatively), but
>>the performance is apparently stunning, combined with decent FreeBSD
>>drivers that utilise CAM and da(4) (yes, despite the disks being SATA).
>>Every time people mention them on the lists, the response is the same:
>>amazing performance, and really good driver + administrative support
>>(e.g. software administrative utilities).
>>
>>I do wish Areca made a less expensive controller with less features,
>>intended for "tech-savvy" consumer use, in the US$125 or less price
>>range.
> 
> 
> And it appears they now do: the ARC-1200.  PCIe x1, has 2 ports, and
> on-board cache.  It lacks an IOP, so the performance won't be that of
> one of the more expensive cards.  Either way, quite good for 2-disk
> servers:
> 
> http://www.areca.com.tw/products/2ports.htm
> 
> Cost is ~US$175.  A little steep, but the on-board cache supposedly
> justifies it (IMHO, barely).  Hopefully the price will come down to
> US$100-125, which would be perfect.
> 

Ooops, I haven't seen your eMail when I wrote you the last some minutes 
ago... :-)

I know this controller (as I wrote you) for some days now. Here in 
Germany I've only seen one Online-Shop where this controller is listed.
If the HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 (100EUR =~ 150USD) isn't as good as I 
hope, then I will test the Areca ARC-1200 (140EUR =~ 210USD).

But you wrote "It lacks an IOP [...]". Do you mean that it will have no 
Intel IOP because they only write it has a "500MHz Storage processor" 
and therefore it will be not as fast as the other controllers from Areca?

Regards,
Lukas