Date: 05 Dec 2002 06:48:03 -0600 From: "Michael A. Mackey" <michael-mackey@uiowa.edu> To: Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de> Cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootable RAID Controllers Message-ID: <1039092484.8445.22.camel@focaccia.> In-Reply-To: <20021205132009.6191333f.lehmann@ans-netz.de> References: <20021205095031.38939cbf.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <Pine.SOL.4.50.0212051230280.749-100000@thea.blinkenlights.nl> <20021205125159.6aeac84c.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <Pine.SOL.4.50.0212051256580.749-100000@thea.blinkenlights.nl> <20021205132009.6191333f.lehmann@ans-netz.de>
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There is a line of Mylex DAC690-derived RAID controllers which comprise the DEC/Compaq RaidArray 230 line. You can find these on Ebay for $30-50. I have only tried the DAC690PD; some models require a firmware upgrade to run FreeBSD/Linux. This is an wide ultrascsi RAID board based upon the Intel 960 chip. There are configured using a configuration utility that runs in ARC. These controllers run fine, but the largest drives they can be used with are 9.1 gig. I have booted FreeBSD alpha on a AlphaServer 2100A with these and they work fine. I don't know how they will work on the OEM boards. Cheers! Michael Mackey On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 06:20, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Sten wrote: > > > Configure it on a pc. > > That makes it unuseable ;) When a disk gets damaged, and you have to pull > out at first all the components to put it into a pc (at first you have to > find one when you are away from home in a computer center) in case the > raidcontroler does not automaticaly rebuild the RAID on a new added disk.. > then RAID is completely unusable and non-sense on Alpha.... > > Greetings, Oliver Lehmann > > -- > Oliver Lehmann, lehmann@ans-netz.de, http://www.pofo.de/ > http://wishlist.pofo.de/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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