From owner-freebsd-stable Tue May 23 15:26:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (adsl-63-206-88-224.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.206.88.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 107E737B733 for ; Tue, 23 May 2000 15:26:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA10388; Tue, 23 May 2000 15:28:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200005232228.PAA10388@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Matthew B. Henniges" Cc: "FreeBSD Stable" Subject: Re: PCI raid controller recommendations In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 23 May 2000 18:26:07 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 15:28:25 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm looking for recommendations on PCI raid controllers for freebsd 4-S Right now - Mylex AcceleRAID 250 (single channel) or eXtremeRAID 1100 (3 -channel). Shortly, I hope to add AMI controllers to this list, as AMI are finally coming up with the goods I need. At the moment, though, they are hard to manage (no userspace tools). > 1. Support raid level 5. > 2. Support LVD style 10000rpm disks > 3. bootable? > 4. good controller utility > 5. low cost > > I have heard mylex 960's mentioned in the past. Are those recommendations > still valid? > Can anyone share experiences with the mylex or AMI products? -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message