From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Sep 5 13:37:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from bunyip.flash.net (bunyip.flash.net [209.30.2.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4182837B424 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:37:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bsdbox.SAMBA (208-194-215-98.flash.net [208.194.215.98]) by bunyip.flash.net (8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA07150; Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:37:27 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <39B55AFA.167EB0E7@access1.net> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:46:20 -0400 From: Courtney Thomas X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vinum (was: RAID) References: <4.2.2.20000904204407.033e2920@mail.sentex.net> <4.2.2.20000904120154.07455bd0@mail.sentex.net> <4.2.2.20000903213318.074039f0@mail.sentex.net> <4.2.2.20000903213318.074039f0@mail.sentex.net> <00090310375700.05988@www.runapplications.com> <4.2.2.20000904120154.07455bd0@mail.sentex.net> <20000905101653.A49732@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4.2.2.20000904204407.033e2920@mail.sentex.net> <4.2.2.20000904205235.0337b050@mail.sentex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greetings ! I appreciate being in your debt for knowing...... 1-where'd you get the controllers ? 2-is vinum the only software needed, i.e. no drivers, etc ...? Gratefully, Courtney <----------------End of Msg--------------- Mike Tancsa wrote: > > At 10:25 AM 9/5/2000 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > BTW, is vinum in theory and practice as stable on ata drives as on > > > SCSI ? > > > >Yes. Make sure you don't have more than one drive per controller, or > >performance will suffer. > > I ordered 2 surplus ATA66 controllers for $35CDN on Friday. To start with > 3 drives in RAID 5 I guess... Hmmm, actually if one drive in theory is > slower (ata 33) will that cause me problems ? > > ---Mike > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 > Network Administration, mike@sentex.net > Sentex Communications www.sentex.net > Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message