Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 00:57:47 -0600 From: Steve Kaczkowski <steve@inc.net> To: Tom <tom@sdf.com> Cc: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reccomend RAID for FreeBSD + Cyrus Message-ID: <38743CEB.E210FB5@inc.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001052113170.14799-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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Tom wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Steve Kaczkowski wrote: > > > Checkout the Mylex DAC960SX External SCSI to SCSI RAID controller. > ... > > RAID functions are being handled by the RAID controller there isn't any > > performance issues > > to worry about, it's just pure redundancy and speed... > > > > Very slick stuff.. > > It is also about as old as the hills, and has no Ultra2 support. > Ultra2 also gives you longer cable lengths (LVD), which are very important > for external RAID setups, without the pain of sourcing differentional > drives. Basically every SCSI disk made these days is Ultra2. > > A CRD or Infortend controller will probably be better. The new > Infortrend Sentinel series with 64bit PowerPC processors look very > interesting. > Yeah, one downside of the Mylex, though they do work very well, more speed is always helpful.. Thanks for the tip on the Infortend stuff, I haven't heard of them before, looks like real nice stuff... Guess that'll be in my NEXT News upgrade! :) -- Steve Kaczkowski Time Warner Telecom IDD steve@inc.net (414)908-9012 http://www.inc.net (603)737-9209 Fax To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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