From owner-freebsd-scsi Sat Sep 7 14:46:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA14034 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sat, 7 Sep 1996 14:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from io.org (io.org [198.133.36.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA14022; Sat, 7 Sep 1996 14:46:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zap.io.org (taob@zap.io.org [198.133.36.81]) by io.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA28226; Sat, 7 Sep 1996 17:46:15 -0400 Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 17:46:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Tao To: Narvi cc: FREEBSD-HACKERS-L , FREEBSD-SCSI-L Subject: Re: Streamlogic RAIDION drive arrays In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Narvi wrote: > > Could you give back any views you have on it? I have my I on the CMDs > external cabinet with 4/6 slots (depends on the drive size). I'll echo > back when we have acquired one and tested it out... I'm looking at Raidion, CMD, Mylex and a local Toronto integrator called Dataplex. One thing in common is the impressive cost. ;-) A RAID controller and a RAID-ready cabinet that will hold 6 or so drives costs around C$5000 up here. I also prefer 19" rackmount and DC power versions, which will only add to the cost. My sales rep at Tenex Data has promised an eval Raidion, and Open Storage Solutions can probably do the same for a CMD unit. I haven't had a chance to find a Mylex reseller in town yet. With the amount of money that the company is about to spend on this stuff, I might be able to donate a few bills to the FreeBSD DPT driver effort too. :) -- Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org, taob@ican.net) Senior Systems and Network Administrator, Internet Canada Corp. "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"