From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 18 08:13:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA21759 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:13:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca (taob@tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca [207.181.89.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA21741; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:13:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (taob@localhost) by tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA18204; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 11:13:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 11:13:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Tao To: Simon Shapiro cc: FREEBSD-HACKERS , FREEBSD-SCSI Subject: Re: Announcement: New DPT RAID Controller Driver Available In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Simon Shapiro wrote: > > I have evaluated, tested and even participated in the design of more > than one I/O subsystem in my short life. The StorageWorks solution > is the best I have ever seen. not perfect, Just the BEST. I should add that NetApp also uses the DEC StorageWorks shelves and canisters for their 2GB and 4GB configurations, and if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me. ;-) Mounting drives inside the canisters is a little tricky at first, but you get the hang of it pretty quickly. The ones we have are plastic, so I imagine the heat dissipation isn't the best. Netapp went with a Eurologics product (metal extruded cases) for their 9GB shelves. -- Brian Tao (BT300, taob@netcom.ca) "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"