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Re: Filesystem choice for fileserver?

by Sridhar Ayengar :: Rate this Message:

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Meelis Roos wrote:
>> I'm using a RocketRAID 2220, which is an eight-channel 133MHz PCI-X card.  I'm
>> not exactly sure what kind it is, but I know the 2000-series isn't their
>> top-of-the-line.  That's the 3000-series.  However, there's also a 1000-series
>> which is quite a bit cheaper, which I would fully expect to be a regular
>> Marvell-based card.
>
> Hmm. Some googling tells it's _probably_ a Marvell MV88SX6081 8-port
> SATA II PCI-X Controller and that one is definitely software RAID - but
> done by vendor software RAID stack insted of FreeBSD's.

Yeah, I verified that, so I changed my order to an LSI Logic MegaRAID,
which is $180 more, but is definitely hardware RAID.

Peace...  Sridhar
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