From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Dec 5 4:48:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF5A37B401 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 04:48:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from server07.icaen.uiowa.edu (server07.icaen.uiowa.edu [128.255.17.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3017E43EA9 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 04:48:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michael-mackey@uiowa.edu) Received: from server11.icaen.uiowa.edu (server11.icaen.uiowa.edu [128.255.17.51]) by server07.icaen.uiowa.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA09585 sent by ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 06:48:05 -0600 (CST) Received: from focaccia. (12-217-236-86.client.mchsi.com [12.217.236.86]) by server11.icaen.uiowa.edu (8.9.3/smtp-service-1.6) with ESMTP id GAA04719; sent by ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 06:48:04 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: bootable RAID Controllers From: "Michael A. Mackey" To: Oliver Lehmann Cc: alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20021205132009.6191333f.lehmann@ans-netz.de> References: <20021205095031.38939cbf.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20021205125159.6aeac84c.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20021205132009.6191333f.lehmann@ans-netz.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 05 Dec 2002 06:48:03 -0600 Message-Id: <1039092484.8445.22.camel@focaccia.> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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