On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 09:41:37PM +0100, Stephan Thesing wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> we are looking for a new server, which should have a RAID array (probably 
> with SATA disks, as the SCSI price tag is a little bit high) and run under 
> NetBSD.
> 
> Can anybody share his experience with RAID controllers/setups and/or give a 
> recommendation?

I have good experience with an Adaptec RAID card:

aac0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0: Adaptec ASR-2410SA
aac0: interrupting at irq 9
aac0: Unknown processor at 100MHz, 48MB cache, optional battery not installed, kernel 4.1-0
ld0 at aac0 unit 0: RAID 1 (Mirror)

It's been used quote heavily (working as smtp/pop3/dns server for a local
ISP) for about a year now, no hardware problems occured so far.

That is a S-ATA RAID controller, see spec at:

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/product/proddetail.html?sess=no&language=English+US&prodkey=AAR-2410SA&cat=%2fTechnology%2fSerial+ATA+Products%2fSerial+ATA+RAID+Controllers

Jaromir
 
> ( Availability of a monitoring/control utility like those in
>   pkgsrc/sysutils/dptutil or sysutils/storage-manager  would be nice, too:-)
> 
> 
> BTW: What I2O controllers are actually known to work under NetBSD?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Best regards.....
> 	Stephan
> 
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