Favored SAS controller

[Ulf Zimmermann]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 08:44:53AM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> Yes, buit aren't these all LSI chipsets?
> 
> On 1/22/07, Ulf Zimmermann <ulf at alameda.net> wrote:
> >On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 11:06:01PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> >> the LSI is the only one even close to being supported I believe.
> >>
> >> On 1/20/07, ?????? ??????? <softsearch at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >Hi freebsd-scsi,
> >> >
> >> >I  am  thinking about new server. But I found some topics about driver
> >> >problems.  What  kind  of  SAS controllers are best choice for FreeBSD
> >> >6.2?
> >> >
> >> >What  do  you  say  about these chipsets: LSI 1064/1068 (Intel box) and
> >> >Adaptec  AIC-9410  (Supermicro  box). Are they compatible with FreeBSD
> >> >6.2? Do they work stable with FreeBSD 6.2? Or maybe you can suggest
> >> >another chipsets?
> >> >
> >> >Sorry for my English.
> >
> >The HP P600 (PCI-X) and P800 (PCI-e) are supported by the cciss driver.
> >I think there is also a P400 as card (not sure what bus), I only have used
> >the P400i (module for HP server).

Chips on the cards might be LSI (I do remember seeing one on the P400i)
but the interface is SmartArray. I just recently did some testing on a
P400i with 512MB BBWC (DL360g5 with 2xXeon 5160) which had a 4x72GB 10K Raid5.
6.2-RC2 build world in about 13.5 minutes. Using dd to write a sequential
10GB file had a throughput of about 150MB/sec.

-- 
Regards, Ulf.

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