From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 27 17:21:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA12516 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 May 1996 17:21:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA12509 for ; Mon, 27 May 1996 17:21:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id RAA09795; Mon, 27 May 1996 17:19:35 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199605280019.RAA09795@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Multiproc & Raid support To: fmtel@micronet.fr Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 17:19:35 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@Freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "fmtel@micronet.fr" at May 27, 96 09:27:18 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@Freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hello, > We plan to install a DEC Prioris HX5100MP under > FreeBSD. > > Before doing it, we need to know if FreeBSD supports : > 2) multiprocessing ? Yes; nearly ready for integration into the main source tree, it is seperately available. Subscribe to the freebsd-smp for detailed information, mostly useful only to developers. > 1) multiprocessor servers (up to 4 Pentium 100) ? Currently, set for 2 procesors (1 BP, 1 AP). Moving to 1 BP and 'n' AP is relatively trivial, but currently would require small hacks in 3 locations. BP/AP is Intel terminology for the Intel MP Spec 1.1; the box must comply with the Intel Spec for the APIC probe to succeed in desteing processors other than the boot processor. > 3) Raid 0+1or 5 with Mylex monocanal EISA Narrow RAID controller ? There is support for the Compaq RAID SCSI controller, which has not yet been integrated into the tree. I don't know if the Mylex controller is supported or not. If the RAID is transparent to the actual driver, then it probably is, though it wants a Mylex driver which may or may not be supported (I can't answer that one). External RAID arrays work without modification. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.