IDE Raid Controllers

[Ulf Zimmermann]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 10:58:29AM -0500, John Brooks wrote:
> I need to set up Raid1 on a FreeBSD4.8 box under light load.
> Which would be a better choice for a controller, 3Ware Escalade 
> or Promise? Has anyone had problems with either?

3Ware. Promise is not really a hardware controller, independend
of the OS. 3Ware is. The driver in the OS is just to provide
management interface, like notification of a failed disk, etc.

3Ware 7000-2 is $102 at places like www.8anet.com
Promise is like $10 cheaper, maybe.

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