AMD or Intel?

[Claus Guttesen]

> > Obviously if you can afford SCSI/SAS performance will likely be even
> > better. However make sure you can get management program for the
> > controller. At the very least some type of notification if the raid is
> > degraded.
>
> We will probably go for SCSI. HP DL380 with "HP SmartArray", aka ciss.

This server is very solid and is fully supported by FreeBSD 6.2 and
7.0. We have one with 4 146 GB sas-disks in raid 1+0. Just make sure
you get at least 256 MB cache. The raid-management tool is very easy
to use.

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regards
Claus

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom,
the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner.

Shakespeare