Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 22:08:09 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: tom@sdf.com (Tom) Cc: walcaraz@indy3.gstone.com, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID on FreeBSD Message-ID: <199712112108.WAA09859@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971211104252.11383F-100000@misery.sdf.com> from "Tom" at Dec 11, 97 10:45:43 am
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As Tom wrote... > > On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Walter .S. Alcaraz wrote: > > > I plan on purchasing FreeBSD 2.2.5 and installing it on a Pentium 200 or > > Pentium II 233 with 32 MB RAM. I want to run it as an NFS server with 32 GB > > storage and a 100-mbit Fast Ethernet card, running with a RAID Ultra-Wide SCSI > > controller. The setup I want to use is 9 4 GB Ultra-Wide SCSI drives, with a > > RAID controller doing RAID level 5. My question is, which RAID SCSI controller > > does FreeBSD support and what one works the best? > > The DPT PM334UW works well, but you need to install the driver yourself. > This card supports up to 64MB cache, and you can add additional channels > to it via a daughtercard (up to 3 UW channels in total). You will > probably want at least two channels. > > 9 drives in an uncomfortable number for RAID5. Probably better to go Why would 9 drives be uncomfartable? > with 10 drives instead, and make two 5 drive arrays. > > Tom _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko @ yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' ---------------- Support your local daemons: run [Free,Net]BSD Unix ------
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