From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Jun 4 20:26:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.fpsn.net (mail.fpsn.net [63.224.69.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CB7237B52C for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 20:26:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: from station1 (adsl-151-202-94-150.bellatlantic.net [151.202.94.150]) by mail.fpsn.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA18596; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 15:30:25 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Message-Id: <200006042130.PAA18596@mail.fpsn.net> From: "Simon" To: "James" Cc: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 23:29:48 -0500 Reply-To: "Simon" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195) In-Reply-To: <393B1C21.19859DE3@icorp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4963392=_=_=_" Subject: Re: RAID: AMI or Mylex Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4963392=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok, then, look into DAC960 controllers that Mylex makes. Though, if you'll stick with 3 cheetah drives, AcceleRAID 150 should do it for you. You can get it for around $400 whereas other controllers would run at a price of $800+ -Simon On Sun, 04 Jun 2000 22:18:58 -0500, James wrote: >Simon wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> Mylex makes good ones. Unfortunately, they stopped making AcceleRAID 250, but you can still get AcceleRAID 150 >> which will do the trick unless you need something more powerful. What do you need this controller for? How many >> drives, etc... > >Initially, the system will have 3 9GB Cheetahs. I do not mind purchasing a high-end card that exceeds what I might >need right now. The system will be handling a lot of web traffic, cgi and peripheral services. > > > > > > >> >> >> -Simon >> >> On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 20:41:16 -0500, James wrote: >> >> > >> >Ok, forget software RAID. Hardware-wise, which is the best controller >> >to use for FreeBSD? I keep asking this question and every time the >> >thread mutates into an argument about vinum. Anyone using hardware RAID >> >under FreeBSD? If so, please give me the dirt on what you use, what you >> >like, and what you don't like. MUCH appreciated... Lots of good kharma >> >for helpful responses! >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message >> > > > --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4963392=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok, then, look into DAC960 controllers that Mylex makes. Though, if you'll stick with 3 cheetah drives, AcceleRAID 150 should do it for you. You can get it for around $400 whereas other controllers would run at a price of $800+
-Simon

On Sun, 04 Jun 2000 22:18:58 -0500, James wrote:

>Simon wrote:
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>> Hey,
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>> Mylex makes good ones. Unfortunately, they stopped making AcceleRAID 250, but you can still get AcceleRAID 150
>> which will do the trick unless you need something more powerful. What do you need this controller for? How many
>> drives, etc...
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>Initially, the system will have 3 9GB Cheetahs. I do not mind purchasing a high-end card that exceeds what I might
>need right now. The system will be handling a lot of web traffic, cgi and peripheral services.
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>> -Simon
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>> On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 20:41:16 -0500, James wrote:
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>> >Ok, forget software RAID. Hardware-wise, which is the best controller
>> >to use for FreeBSD? I keep asking this question and every time the
>> >thread mutates into an argument about vinum. Anyone using hardware RAID
>> >under FreeBSD? If so, please give me the dirt on what you use, what you
>> >like, and what you don't like. MUCH appreciated... Lots of good kharma
>> >for helpful responses!
>> >
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>> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
>> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
>> >
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