From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 3 13:21:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.netdirect.net (mail.netdirect.net [209.212.192.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A161B37BEDE for ; Sat, 3 Jun 2000 13:21:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kim@simple-mail.com) Received: (from simplem@localhost) by mail.netdirect.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with UUCP id PAA17169; Sat, 3 Jun 2000 15:15:02 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.netdirect.net: simplem set sender to kim@simple-mail.com using -f Received: from kim (adam.simple-mail.com [192.168.0.3]) by mail.simple-mail.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA20676; Sat, 3 Jun 2000 15:41:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kim@simple-mail.com) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20000603150042.00729ebc@192.168.0.1> X-Sender: kim@192.168.0.1 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 15:00:42 -0500 To: Greg Lehey , Chris Fedde From: "Kim J. Brand" Subject: Re: RAID suggestions Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000603155353.L30249@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200006030530.e535Uo101559@fedde.littleton.co.us> <3.0.1.32.20000602204750.00744d00@192.168.0.1> <200006030530.e535Uo101559@fedde.littleton.co.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i've read some about vinum, courtesy of an exchange i had with greg before. is this something that a motivated, (but inexperienced,) software mechanic could figure out? the white paper i saw lacked a HOWTO or cookbook. specifically: i'd like to use FreeBSD V3.4 or V4.; which SCSI adapters are compatible? do i need to remake the kernel or [simply?] add drivers? does this happen at install time or do you install a generic release then add the vinum stuff? key question: this configuration will be used with customers who buy this thing because i told them it wouldn't break. can i get the vinum interface to send me a message periodically regarding system integrity? sorry to be such a pain. kim At 03:53 PM 6/3/2000 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: >On Friday, 2 June 2000 at 23:30:50 -0600, Chris Fedde wrote: >> On Fri, 02 Jun 2000 20:47:50 -0500 "Kim J. Brand" wrote: >> +------------------ >>> does anyone have any suggestions regarding a medium performance RAID >>> controller for FreeBSD? >> +------------------ >> >> If you are only looking for "medium" performance I'd go with vinum. > >Don't assume that Vinum has lower performance than dedicated RAID >controllers. We've seen evidence to the contrary, though we need to >do more investigation. > >Greg >-- >When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. >For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html >Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key >See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message