From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 2 20:20:39 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA01313 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 20:20:39 -0700 Received: from aslan.cdrom.com (aslan.cdrom.com [192.216.223.142]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA01301 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 20:20:36 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by aslan.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA07283; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 20:19:59 -0700 Message-Id: <199510030319.UAA07283@aslan.cdrom.com> X-Authentication-Warning: aslan.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Rob Snow cc: Network Coordinator , Terry Lambert , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID solutions for FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 02 Oct 1995 21:11:29 CDT." Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 20:19:59 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> A software RAID in FreeBSD? Don't make me drool. >> >> -Jerry. > >I saw a Adaptec 3985 for $500 in misc.????.cards.forsale >Supposed to have 3 SCSI channels, and so on. > >Might be the easiest for FreeBSD since we have such good Adaptec support. Yeah well I don't think it would be. Basically I'd have to write a RAID[1-5] implementation (or most of it) down at the SCSI sequencer level for that card, and Adaptec doesn't have *any* technical info about the 3985 availible at the moment. > >______________________________________________________________________ >Rob Snow Powered by FreeBSD >rsnow@txdirect.net http://www.freebsd.org > -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================