Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7503D9FA08A for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:54:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 75241-01 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:54:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from exprod6og55.obsmtp.com (exprod6og55.obsmtp.com [64.18.1.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B059E9F9F08 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:54:17 -0400 (AST) Received: from source ([63.240.6.47]) by exprod6ob55.postini.com ([64.18.5.12]) with SMTP; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:54:15 PST Received: from 172.16.1.110 by mail.Mi8.com with ESMTP (- Welcome to Mi8 Corporation www.Mi8.com (D1)); Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:54:08 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: 241911D6-425B-44B9-A073-E3FE0F8FC774 Received: from MI8NYCMAIL08.Mi8.com ([172.16.1.165]) by D01SMTP01.Mi8.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:54:08 -0500 Received: from 200.78.194.78 ([200.78.194.78]) by MI8NYCMAIL08.Mi8.com ( [172.16.1.190]) via Exchange Front-End Server mi8owa.mi8.com ( [172.16.1.107]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:54:08 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.5.060620 Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:54:06 -0600 Subject: Re: availability of SATA vendors From: "Luke Lonergan" To: "Jeff Frost" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [PERFORM] availability of SATA vendors Thread-Index: AccKkub6JUPiTnaGEdu08wAWy4o9DA== In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Nov 2006 21:54:08.0311 (UTC) FILETIME=[E85AB470:01C70A92] X-WSS-ID: 6940F00A2NS10696891-02-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200611/143 X-Sequence-Number: 21913 Jeff, On 11/17/06 11:45 AM, "Jeff Frost" wrote: > I see many of you folks singing the praises of the Areca and 3ware SATA > controllers, but I've been trying to price some systems and am having trouble > finding a vendor who ships these controllers with their systems. Are you > rolling your own white boxes or am I just looking in the wrong places? > > Currently, I'm looking at Penguin, HP and Sun (though Sun's store isn't > working for me at the moment). Maybe I just need to order a Penguin and then > buy the controller separately, but was hoping to get support from a single > entity. Rackable or Asacomputers sell and support systems with the 3Ware or Areca controllers. - Luke