Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:59:22 -0600 From: James <mlistbsd@icorp.net> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID/config questions Message-ID: <38CD1059.C5A11972@icorp.net> References: <38c48132.1056418179@mail.sentex.net> <MAIL38C45697.D736070F@icorp.net> <38c48132.1056418179@mail.sentex.net> <4.2.2.20000310075733.03768210@mail.sentex.net>
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Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 06:20 PM 3/7/2000 +1100, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > No Adaptec RAID support. Try a Mylex DAC 960 based card for low end > > > or the AMI MegaRAID. Its pretty straightforward to setup via the > > > card's BIOS. > > > >I thought we were going to introduce both Mylex and Adaptec support > >for 4.0, but I believe Mike Smith is also adding some of this to > > Only Mylex and AMI. If I recall correctly, Adaptec will not provide the > specs for their RAID card. Um, at the risk of soliciting a [useless] political response (i.e. "It depends..."), what controller do you feel is best? Mylex or AMI? I'm probably looking at a minimum of 3 9GB cheetahs for a high-capacity web server. The whole point of soliciting input in this forum is to avoid buying the wrong product - I enjoy everybody's discussion on conceptual/performance issues, but it would be nice to get some specifics. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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