From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Sep 21 9:59:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from bart.acs.nmu.edu (bart.acs.nmu.edu [198.110.193.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4634C37B423 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 09:59:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wag2.resnet.nmu.edu (wag2.resnet.nmu.edu [204.38.56.104]) by bart.acs.nmu.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) with SMTP id e8LGxXT08012; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:59:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Jesseman Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:00:58 GMT Message-ID: <20000921.17005831@wag2.resnet.nmu.edu> Subject: RE: Frustration with SCSI system To: Troy Settle Cc: In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mozilla/3.0 (compatible; StarOffice/5.2;Win32) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Troy,=20 Does this raid card replace your SCSI adapter? Thanks, Chris Jesseman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/21/00, 10:22:43 AM, "Troy Settle" wrote regarding= =20 RE: Frustration with SCSI system: > Being brand new to the world of hardware RAID, I grabbed an AMI Megara= id > Express 200. It takes anywhere from 4MB up to 128MB SIMM for cache, a= nd > seems to perform very well. It also supports a number of non-disk=20= devices, > so you don't need an extra controller for a tape drive or CDROM (I've = not > tested that myself, my tape is in another machine, and I used an IDE=20= CDROM). > At any rate, the BIOS utility to create the volumes was very easy to u= se, > and once done, FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE booted right up without issue. I'm= > pleased with this card. > -- > Troy Settle > Pulaski Networks > 540.994.4254 > It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of J.D McSwain > > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 8:12 AM > > To: Nick Rogness > > Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: Frustration with SCSI system > > > > > > So which RAID card is available that can > > be used to mirror the root disk, is supported > > by FREEBSD and has a decent price? > > > > Dale McSwain > > Nick Rogness wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > > > * Edward Elhauge [000920 12:48] wrote: > > > > > Hello Freebsders, > > > > > > > > > > I've been using FreeBSD over the last 6 years (since I switche= d from > > > > > NetBSD) to run a small ISP out of my basement. > > > > > > > > > > I've had about six disk crashes in as many years and still > > don't know how > > > > > to work reliably with them. > > > > > > > > "man vinum" > > > > > > > > software mirroring =3D=3D good. > > > > > > The question should be, "How much you want to spend?" Dep= ending > > > on how you answer that question, you could choose > > either software > > > or hardware RAID. I've always had better luck with hardwa= re > > > RAID cards compared to software RAID's. ALthough vinum so= unds > > > like a great package, I have little experience with > > it...only ccd, > > > which is why I went with a hardware solution. > > > > > > If you got money, get a RAID controller (supported by > > > FreeBSD). Then you don't have the root limitation that > > comes with > > > vinum. > > > > > > If you don't have money, use vinum. Either way, use RAID.= > > > > > > Best of luck. > > > > > > Nick Rogness > > > - Drive defensively. Buy a tank. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message