Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:16:14 -0600 From: Jahanur R Subedar <jahanur@jjsoft.com> To: Pat Lynch <lynch@rush.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dell Power Edge 4300 Message-ID: <3673236E.80AACE45@jjsoft.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812121235390.19979-100000@bytor.rush.net>
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Yes thats true I agree with you but company is more worried about hardrive crash then speed. Pat Lynch wrote: > scsi, if you are that worried about RAIDing the drive, then you should be > worried about the reliability of I/O, use SCSI, not IDE. > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net > Systems Administrator Rush Networking > > "friends don't let friends root drunk" > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, Jahanur R Subedar wrote: > > > Thank you for your Answer, > > I found out that the raid Scsi card that is in there is Perc 2/sc (Perc 2 > > Single Channel), > > and it is using Simbios Logic Driver and Bios. Its running as Host-Base and it > > can be configured to run on any Level 0, 1, or 5. Anyway what we have decided > > to do is > > we are going to get Dell 2200 (which is almost the same configuration except > > Power > > redundancy and RAID). So what we are going to do is use Scsi-Scsi Ide Raid its > > cost > > effective. > > What do you think should I go with Ide Raid or Scsi Raid. > > Please me what is the draw back on it. > > Thanks. > > jahanur > > > > Pat Lynch wrote: > > > > > as far as I know, the hardware RAID controller that is in the PowerEdge > > > 4300 (an adaptec/dell model) is *not* supported by FreeBSD, at least not > > > yet, I know DPT controllers are supported, and I know someone was working > > > on Mylex drivers. Maybe investing in a RAID controller or a scsi-to-scsi > > > RAID unit? does linux support these controllers? it seemed rather cutting > > > edge (but then linux is usually bleeding edge) > > > > > > -P > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net > > > Systems Administrator Rush Networking > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, jahanur wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Greg, > > > > Should we be able to install Freebsd 2.2.7 R on it yet ? > > > > Please answer as soon as possible? > > > > If Raid does not work then can we still use it as separate drives. > > > > And on the Scsi also please let me know as soon as possible. > > > > We still have time to return this server. > > > > If this Server does not work please refer us to some other server > > > > where freebsd will work. We need to use this server as our > > > > Web hosting server. We like freebsd. My boss was telling me that if > > > > freebas does not work then we will have to install Some Linux. Please > > > > let me know what can we do about it. > > > > > > > > Jahanur > > > > jahanur@jjsoft.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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