Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 21:41:46 -0800 From: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org> To: Steve Kaczkowski <steve@inc.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reccomend RAID for FreeBSD + Cyrus Message-ID: <20000105214146.D29204@stumpy.dannyland.org> In-Reply-To: <387423EB.EF2B3DD2@inc.net>; from Steve Kaczkowski on Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 11:11:07PM -0600 References: <20000105165135.A29204@stumpy.dannyland.org> <387423EB.EF2B3DD2@inc.net>
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 11:11:07PM -0600, Steve Kaczkowski wrote: > Checkout the Mylex DAC960SX External SCSI to SCSI RAID controller. > Basically it's a box > that sits in a fullhigh 5.25" bay and has a number of SCSI channels on > it. You run one > side to your onboard (or PCI card) SCSI bus, then hookup one of the > other chains to you > array of disks. You then setup up the RAID (via cool LCD panel or serial > connection) in the controller, up to RAID 5, hot > spares,mirrors,etc,etc,etc. Ahhh, that is a very useful and enticing explanation. So the system provides the Mylex card a home, the Mylex card provides the system a SCSI controller. Add in a nice chassis like a Kingston Data Silo and me own drives and I got RAID-in-a-box. I presume that you have found this to be a very economical and cost-effective solution? Damn, thanyouverymuch! -danny -- come.to/dannyman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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