Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:35:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Vincent Fleming <vincef@penmax.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT RAID controller PM2554U2 Message-ID: <19990303083540.C441@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <01BE6491.A233ECA0@rembrandt>; from Vincent Fleming on Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 09:47:05AM -0500 References: <01BE6491.A233ECA0@rembrandt>
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[Format recovered at freebie.lemis.com] On Tuesday, 2 March 1999 at 9:47:05 -0500, Vincent Fleming wrote: > Frank Bonnet wrote: >> I'm going to purchase a RAID controller >> >> It will be used as RAID 0 device ( hardware mirroring ) >> >> It is well known that DPT controller are supported >> by FreeBSD but I'd like to be sure before buying it ;-) >> >> The model is : PM2554U2 Does this thing have a name? I know names like SmartCache 3, 4 and 5, and SmartRAID 3, 4 and 5. The SmartRAID 3 and 4 are currently supported; the 5 is not yet supported, but work is in progress. >> The Machine is a DELL 2300 ( PII 450 Mhz ) >> >> FreeBSD version is 3.1 >> >> Any info welcome. > > I hate to be picky, but RAID 0 is striping, not mirroring. > > Mirroring is RAID 1. > > As RAID controllers go, you're better off with AMI (American > MegaTrends) - they make a much better one. This is the first I've heard of AMI RAID controllers. Do you have more details? If it's a real RAID controller and not a SCSI-SCSI controller, it's not supported. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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