From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Sep 5 21:09:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA17654 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 21:09:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.win.net (ns2.win.net [204.215.209.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA17642 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 21:09:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from launchpad.win.net (launchpad@localhost) by ns2.win.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) with UUCP id XAA19966; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 23:55:37 -0400 Received: by win.net!launchpad; Thu, 05 Sep 1996 23:54:12 X-Mailer: WinNET Mail, v4.0a Message-ID: Reply-To: fbsd-isp@launchpad.win.net (Joe Mays - freebsd-isp) To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org CC: mtague@worldhq.win.net Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 23:54:12 -0400 Subject: Re: Anyone using ccd (FreeBSD disk striper) for news From: fbsd-isp@launchpad.win.net (Joe Mays - freebsd-isp) Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> 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