Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 23:54:12 -0400 From: fbsd-isp@launchpad.win.net (Joe Mays - freebsd-isp) To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Cc: mtague@worldhq.win.net Subject: Re: Anyone using ccd (FreeBSD disk striper) for news Message-ID: <AB28@launchpad.win.net>
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>> I was just discussing the possibility of paying someone to develop >> one with my boss last week. We're certainly open to the idea >> here. To my mind the lack of any real RAID solution for FreeBSD is >> the biggest flaw with the OS. If this is a serious suggestion we >> would be very open to pitching in. > ^^^^^^^^^^^ Assuming that the driver will be free >and avilable to everyone we will match you $ for $. If thats what it >takes to bring RAID support to FreeBSD, then why not. This way we can get >what we want and at the same time contribute somthing back to FreeBSD >which has done so much for us, a win-win deal ;-) Of course. We don't care whether or not it's freely available. We just need it. We assume that whatever gets developed will be freely available. The point is this -- if it takes a $1000 to pay someone with a proven freebsd/scsi track record to develop a driver that will let us use a dpt smartraid IV, it's still one hell of a lot less than switching to another platform, porting loads of stuff over, etc. And it's a pittance compared to the cost of most RAID solutions. Frankly, it's money well spent. So yes, we're interested in matching you $ for $. The problem is finding the right person to do it. I'm relatively new to FreeBSD, I have to admit, and don't really know the people working on it. I got an email message from bob@luke.pmr.com who was working on it; here's what he said: >Well, I still have it on my to-do list. Unfortunately(?), I have >been swamped with paying work lately and haven't made much progress >on this project. >I don't believe there is too much that has to be done, so once I >do find some time to work on it I feel it should go pretty quickly. Joe Mays
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