Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:11:54 -0500 From: "Daniel Schrock" <dschrock@enteract.com> To: "\"Kenneth Karoliussen\"" <kenneth@karoliussen.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Perc 2 RAID and Dell PowerEdge 6400 Message-ID: <012701bff8a6$2a96d1d0$e6a9e5cf@chico> References: <8lrpmp$1a76$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>
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I installed FreeBSD-4.0-Stable (snap from 7/17) on a Poweredge 4400 with PERC 2s about a week or so ago, and it is now in a production environment with no problems whatsoever. It worked great and the system has been up and functioning well since. Prior attempts using 4.0-Release( failed during install) and then a clean install with an instant cvsup in single user mode(failed during make buildworld) failed miserably due to wedged controller errors. So far, it looks as though those problems have been fixed and the PERC 2 is now compatible. Only time will tell, but I'm pleased with the current result. The PERC2 is supported in 4.0-Stable and above. My only advice is to not attempt an install of anything older than 4.0-Stable. Not even selling your soul will make it work (I fought with it for 10 hours and the farthest I got was a make buildworld from a Release to Stable cvsup- it failed, fsck lost most of the sources, and I went home very torqued) Good luck Daniel Schrock d_jab@anonymous-daemon.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Karoliussen" <kenneth@karoliussen.net> Newsgroups: mailing.freebsd.questions Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 6:10 AM Subject: Perc 2 RAID and Dell PowerEdge 6400 > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0B61_01BFF894.B16CF7A0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hi, > > this is not actually related to your question, but I have one question = > of my own about > your choice of hardware for FreeBSD 4.1. > > We're about to purchase somewhat identical hardware equipment, and I = > wonder if you have=20 > planed to use the optional Perc 2 RAID controller? I'm not sure if this = > is natively supported > by the new 4.1 release. If not so, is the BETA driver (aac) supplied by = > Michael Smith=20 > (http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID/) tested in production = > environment? > > Any comments are greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Kenneth > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: T.S. TEH=20 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 10:30 AM > Subject: Backup Solution > > > Hai, > =20 > I'm from Malaysia and is currently working with my customer whose a = > e-commerce company. They are going to run the FreeBSD ver4.1 on 6 units = > Dell PowerEdge 6400 servers with Dual Intel Pentium III Xeon 500Mhz = > w/1MB cache processor. > =20 > I will very much appreciates if you could advise me who are the vendor = > that can provide me the backup drive and software that is compatible to = > FreeBSD ver4.1 and preferably to have local representative in Malaysia. > > Hope to hear from you soon. > > regards, > Teh > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0B61_01BFF894.B16CF7A0 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = > http-equiv=3DContent-Type> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3017.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#d8d0c8> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>this is not actually related to your = > question, but=20 > I have one question of my own about</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>your <SPAN=20 > style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: = > 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: = > EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">choice=20 > </SPAN>of hardware for FreeBSD 4.1.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We're about to purchase somewhat = > identical hardware=20 > equipment, and I wonder if you have </FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>planed</FONT><FONT face=3DArial = > size=3D2> to use the=20 > optional Perc 2 RAID controller? I'm not sure if this is <SPAN=20 > style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: = > 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: = > EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">natively=20 > </SPAN>supported</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>by the new 4.1 release. If not = > so, is the=20 > BETA driver (aac) supplied by Michael Smith </FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(<A=20 > href=3D"http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID/)">http://people.freebsd.o= > rg/~msmith/RAID/)</A>=20 > tested in production environment?</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Any comments are greatly <SPAN=20 > style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: = > 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: = > EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">appreciated</SPAN>.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kenneth</FONT></DIV> > <BLOCKQUOTE=20 > style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = > 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> > <DIV=20 > style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = > black"><B>From:</B>=20 > <A href=3D"mailto:tsteh@tm.net.my" title=3Dtsteh@tm.net.my>T.S. = > TEH</A> </DIV> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 > href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG"=20 > = > title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</A> = > </DIV> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 28, 2000 = > 10:30=20 > AM</DIV> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Backup Solution</DIV> > <DIV><BR></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 > class=3D000430708-28072000>Hai,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 > class=3D000430708-28072000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D000430708-28072000>I'm = > from Malaysia=20 > and is currently working with my customer whose a e-commerce = > company.=20 > They are going to run the FreeBSD ver4.1 on 6 units Dell PowerEdge = > 6400=20 > servers with Dual Intel Pentium III Xeon 500Mhz w/1MB cache=20 > processor.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 > class=3D000430708-28072000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I will very much appreciates if you = > could advise=20 > me who are the vendor that can provide me the backup drive and = > software that=20 > is compatible to FreeBSD ver4.1 and preferably to have local = > representative in=20 > Malaysia.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hope to hear from you = > soon.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>regards,</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Teh</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> > > ------=_NextPart_000_0B61_01BFF894.B16CF7A0-- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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