From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 04:01:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E931D16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 04:01:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from infinitemediacorp.com (mail.digitaloutrage.com [69.90.158.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B80043D31 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 04:01:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bknicely@marscomltd.com) Received: from [68.175.94.79] by infinitemediacorp.com [69.90.158.2] with SmartMax MailMax for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:08:33 -0400 X-SmartMax-AuthUser: From: "Brandon Knicely" To: Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:01:33 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Question re: external raid arrays X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 04:01:28 -0000 I'm looking to add an external raid array to support a MySQL database on freeBSD. The attempt is to address availability and scalability. Does anyone have experience with devices good or bad in this environment? Any suggestions? thanks, Brandon --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.736 / Virus Database: 490 - Release Date: 8/9/2004