From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 7 18:29:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15263 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:29:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fir.calcasieu.com (fir.calcasieu.com [209.99.46.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA15258 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:29:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sysop@calcasieu.com) Received: from ns (cruft.austin.calcasieu.com [192.168.170.124]) by fir.calcasieu.com (8.8.8/8.8.8-2.0) with SMTP id UAA26445; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:28:04 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990107202804.008aa190@mail> X-Sender: sysop@mail X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 20:28:04 -0600 To: Forrest Aldrich From: Don Read Subject: Re: Clarion RAID subsystems on FreeBSD ? Cc: In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990107141906.009f0c50@206.25.93.69> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG back on 02:20 PM 1/7/99 -0500, you said: >Where I work, we just met with a vendor that resells Clarion >RAID arrays, also some tape libs. When we mentioned that >most of our servers are FreeBSD-based, we got the ol' sales >chat about free systems and support issues, blah blah. > >Firstly, we would need specialized drivers. I wondered if anyone >out in the FreeBSD world might have some experience in using >these arrays with a FreeBSD system. > My understanding is CLARiiON walks, talks, and quacks like a scsi. (looked at buying a few years back, but couldn't justify the cost). As long as you don't have to share a controller/bus then it should be a drop-in solution. check-out: http://www.clariion.com/products/whitepapers/hawhtpap.html Regards, -- Don Read sysop@calcasieu.com EDP Manager dread@texas.net Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX - Ya jes' mash that button, rite jher To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message