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Date:      Mon, 2 Oct 1995 22:57:11 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Rob Snow <rsnow@txdirect.net>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RAID solutions for FreeBSD 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951002225451.14195A-100000@oasis>
In-Reply-To: <199510030319.UAA07283@aslan.cdrom.com>

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On Mon, 2 Oct 1995, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:

> >> 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.

Well, I guess thats pretty much from the horses mouth.  :-)

> --
> Justin T. Gibbs
> ===========================================
>   Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM
>   FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations
> ===========================================
> 
> 

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