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Date:      Wed, 18 Feb 1998 10:38:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Robert Murch <murch@ninkaplast.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RAID controllers
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980218103805.13646I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34E96C4A.7726EAE1@ninkaplast.com>

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On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Robert Murch wrote:

> I have just received FreeBSD from Walnut Creek and have also just
> ordered a new server using a RAID adaptor and 3 Ultra wide SCSI disks.
> Bearing in mind that I know nothing about RAID or FreeBSD, can anyone
> tell me whether I can run FreeBSD using RAID, and how do I go about
> configuring it.

FreeBSD's RAID support is pretty limited at current.  Your best bet is to
find a controller that presents the entire array as a single disk.  Or use
ccd for a software RAID (striping).

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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