From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Sep 21 12:29:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.psknet.com (NS1.PSKNET.COM [63.171.251.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7626037B43E for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:29:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 26957 invoked from network); 21 Sep 2000 19:31:19 -0000 Received: from arcadia.psknet.com (HELO arcadia) (63.171.251.13) by mail.psknet.com with SMTP; 21 Sep 2000 19:31:19 -0000 From: "Troy Settle" To: "Chris Jesseman" Cc: Subject: RE: Frustration with SCSI system Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:30:23 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <20000921.18582536@wag2.resnet.nmu.edu> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I got mine from www.teamexcess.com for $150 without memory. Search on pricewatch for "megaraid" comes up with 1 store that has them for $428 w/16mb. Check out www.ami.com, I think they have a reseller list laying around somewhere. G'luck, -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks 540.994.4254 It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Jesseman [mailto:chris@sitemajic.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:58 PM > To: Troy Settle > Subject: RE: Frustration with SCSI system > > > Troy, > One last question(s): how much does it cost and where can I get it? > > Thanks much, > > Chris Jesseman > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 9/21/00, 1:40:46 PM, "Troy Settle" wrote > regarding RE: > Frustration with SCSI system: > > > > Yep, it sure does. Has 1 internal and 1 external 68 pin connectors. I > have > > 4 removable drives on it now. When I need more space, I'll > probably slap > an > > 8 disk external chassis in the rack and go from there. Though by the > time I > > outgrow a 54GB mail server, I'll have enough money to build a whole new > box > > from scratch :) > > > -- > > Troy Settle > > Pulaski Networks > > 540.994.4254 > > > It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Chris Jesseman [mailto:chris@sitemajic.net] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 1:01 PM > > > To: Troy Settle > > > Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: RE: Frustration with SCSI system > > > > > > > > > Troy, > > > > > > 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 > > > RE: Frustration with SCSI system: > > > > > > > > > > Being brand new to the world of hardware RAID, I grabbed an > AMI Megaraid > > > > Express 200. It takes anywhere from 4MB up to 128MB SIMM > for cache, and > > > > seems to perform very well. It also supports a number of non-disk > > > 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 > > > CDROM). > > > > > > > At any rate, the BIOS utility to create the volumes was very > > > easy to use, > > > > 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 > > > switched 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 == good. > > > > > > > > > > > > The question should be, "How much you want to > > > spend?" Depending > > > > > > on how you answer that question, you could choose > > > > > either software > > > > > > or hardware RAID. I've always had better luck > with hardware > > > > > > RAID cards compared to software RAID's. ALthough > > > vinum sounds > > > > > > 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