Current favorite FC HBA?

[Matthew Jacob]

On 7/16/06, Ade Lovett <ade at freebsd.org> wrote:
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> On Jul 14, 2006, at 08:06 , Matthew Jacob wrote:
> > The 234X will be EOL'd I hear by the end of the year.
>
> Shame.  Nice cards.  Got any suggestions for new gear?

I'm trying to get the 2422 support complete.

>
> > SCSI drives aren't that much cheaper.
>
> We've found that given the bigger market share of SCSI as opposed to
> FCAL drives, whilst the price differential between SCSI and FCAL is
> minimal, in terms of acquiring the hardware, the JBOD chassis, and
> the inevitable RMAs, SCSI wins hands down.

Oh, that's probably true, yes.

>
> I'd love to go complete FCAL, but right now it just doesn't really
> seem to be an option.  More's the pity :(
>

Wait a year. SAS/SATA will blow both away for nearline.