I have a remote server, running the above RAID controller, that, as most ppl here have seen over the past few weeks, is causing endless headaches ... Official word from Adaptec is that FreeBSD is no longer a supported platform, so, I either live with the deadlocks, or try and figure out a suitable replacement for the card ... So, can anyone recommend a card to replace this with? Its a remote server, so I'm looking for something that will be plug-n-play, same slot that the GDT is in ... I realize that I'll have to reformat the server afterwards ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
2006-Aug-01 06:09 UTC
Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT8514RZ ...
On Jul 31, 2006, at 7:49 PM, User Freebsd wrote:> > I have a remote server, running the above RAID controller, that, as > most ppl here have seen over the past few weeks, is causing endless > headaches ... > > Official word from Adaptec is that FreeBSD is no longer a supported > platform, so, I either live with the deadlocks, or try and figure > out a suitable replacement for the card ... > > So, can anyone recommend a card to replace this with? Its a remote > server, so I'm looking for something that will be plug-n-play, same > slot that the GDT is in ... I realize that I'll have to reformat > the server afterwards ...You may want to consider the LSI MegaRAID cards... There are various ones. Do you need the low profile format? Look at the 320-1lp for that otehrwise the 320-1 or 320-2x They have freebsd drivers and a command line management app. I am looking at this to replace an adaptec 2200s eventually (for different reasons than the OP). I have not used the SCSI LSI MegaRAID cards through I have some of their SATA RAID cards. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
Hi! On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:49:27PM -0300, User Freebsd wrote:> Official word from Adaptec is that FreeBSD is no longer a supported > platform, so, I either live with the deadlocks, or try and figure out a > suitable replacement for the card ...That's really really bad news. Oddly, ICP Vortex Germany told me the opposite wr/t to their new line of cards. They said, they were working on full FreeBSD support. I'll check what they have to say about the GDT controllers. We run typo3.org on four heavily loaded systems with these cards. We did not update to 6.x yet, because of fear of the mythical NFS deadlocks. Now things seem to get even worse.> So, can anyone recommend a card to replace this with? Its a remote > server, so I'm looking for something that will be plug-n-play, same slot > that the GDT is in ... I realize that I'll have to reformat the server > afterwards ...We just ordered this box here: http://www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ssr212cc/ It contains two Intel SRCS28X RAID Controllers, that are supposedly supported by the amr driver and the Linux Megamgr utility. The system should arrive in about two weeks - if you're interested, I'll keep you updated. Regards, Patrick M. Hausen Leiter Netzwerke und Sicherheit -- punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Vorholzstr. 25 Tel. 0721 9109 -0 Fax: -100 76137 Karlsruhe http://punkt.de
Christian Brueffer
2006-Aug-01 08:01 UTC
Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT8514RZ ...
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:49:27PM -0300, User Freebsd wrote:> > I have a remote server, running the above RAID controller, that, as most > ppl here have seen over the past few weeks, is causing endless headaches > ... > > Official word from Adaptec is that FreeBSD is no longer a supported > platform, so, I either live with the deadlocks, or try and figure out a > suitable replacement for the card ... > > So, can anyone recommend a card to replace this with? Its a remote > server, so I'm looking for something that will be plug-n-play, same slot > that the GDT is in ... I realize that I'll have to reformat the server > afterwards ... >I contacted Achim Leubner not long ago, about wheather he still maintains and supports the iir(4) driver, as claimed in the SEE ALSO section of the manpage. His answer was yes. That all I know. - Christian -- Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20060801/df7569fa/attachment.pgp