From owner-freebsd-stable Wed May 24 7:59:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from berlin.axl.net (berlin.axl.net [216.66.11.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 43E6237BCBF for ; Wed, 24 May 2000 07:59:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@axl.net) Received: (qmail 64287 invoked by uid 85); 24 May 2000 15:00:54 -0000 Received: from matt@axl.net by berlin.axl.net with scan4virus-0.19 (sweep: 1.8/3.33. . Clean. Processed in 0.643676 secs); 24/05/2000 15:00:53 Received: from ws-01.matthennigus.lightningdsl.net (HELO sinister) (216.66.30.66) by berlin.axl.net with SMTP; 24 May 2000 15:00:53 -0000 From: "Matthew B. Henniges" To: "FreeBSD Stable" Cc: "Mike Smith" Subject: RE: PCI raid controller recommendations Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 11:02:53 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200005232228.PAA10388@mass.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What driver is the eXtremeRAID 1100 supported under? mlx? can you boot off it? Matthew B. Henniges CoPresident Axl.net Communications http://www.axl.net (203) 552-1714 > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Smith [mailto:msmith@freebsd.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 6:28 PM > To: Matthew B. Henniges > Cc: FreeBSD Stable > Subject: Re: PCI raid controller recommendations > > > > I'm looking for recommendations on PCI raid controllers for freebsd 4-S > > Right now - Mylex AcceleRAID 250 (single channel) or eXtremeRAID 1100 (3 > -channel). > > Shortly, I hope to add AMI controllers to this list, as AMI are finally > coming up with the goods I need. At the moment, though, they are hard to > manage (no userspace tools). > > > 1. Support raid level 5. > > 2. Support LVD style 10000rpm disks > > 3. bootable? > > 4. good controller utility > > 5. low cost > > > > I have heard mylex 960's mentioned in the past. Are those > recommendations > > still valid? > > Can anyone share experiences with the mylex or AMI products? > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message