From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 21:00:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8F171065672 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:00:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC368FC29 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:00:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd4mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.213]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K3300I218YOVT20@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:59:12 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml4so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.148]) by pd4mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K3300D4V8YOAI60@pd4mr2so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:59:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home ([70.67.160.176]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K330073V8YNJV40@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:59:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60EB7B842 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:59:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:59:07 -0700 From: prad In-reply-to: <4863E58C.2060602@webrz.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080626135907.39188d29@gom.home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <20080626092558.1a17d7d2@gom.home> <4863E58C.2060602@webrz.net> Subject: Re: to scsi or not to scsi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:00:39 -0000 On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:53:00 +0200 Jos Chrispijn wrote: > Have a look at this URL: > http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles.php?id=19 > this was very interesting and thorough. and thanks to everyone else who responded especially david and bill. unfortunately, david, most of the links on that page you sent don't work, but one of them did so that was helpful. we have a chance to buy 18G scsi at $5 or 36G for $25. what the seller isn't sure about is whether they will be compatible with the particular server. the server has a 36G seagate (ST336705LC) in it. the 18G are compaqs (ultra 3 BD0186398C). do scsi's have any compatibility issues? also, being older hardware, is there anything to be concerned about regarding freebsd7. i know we've had problems getting 7 to boot and install from the older cdroms (6.3 was easy), but the ide hds ran just fine once 7 was installed. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's