Re: Supported RAID SATA cards

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%rek.tjls.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:35:13AM -0500, M Graff wrote:
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> I need to purchase a 4-port (or more) serial SATA RAID card for a server
> I'm building.  Any recommendations?
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> Ideally, it should be something I can check from NetBSD while it is
> running, and swap drives in and out as needed.

We have some LSI MegaRAIDs in machines owned by TNF.  They work pretty well
but online management is very limited.

I hear good things about the Areca cards and was planning to use them in
some new machines of my own.

Thor