From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jul 7 17:51:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (dhcp44-21.dis.org [216.240.44.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B40FF37B401; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 17:51:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.4/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f6812wN01028; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:02:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200107080102.f6812wN01028@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Seth Murray Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vinum and hot-swap SCSI RAID backplanes In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Jul 2001 17:46:48 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 18:02:58 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > The motherboard we're considering for our new server has a built-in, > non-RAID Adaptec SCSI controller. We're trying to determine, before the > purchase, whether or not we will need an addition SCSI RAID card to connect > to the in-chassis hot-swap backplane, or just use vinum. Vinum doesn't know anything about managed backplanes. If you want something like this, use a real RAID controller. Personally, I'd recommend 4.3-STABLE and a Mylex ACR170. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message