From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue May 26 15:28:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA06927 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 26 May 1998 15:28:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06841; Tue, 26 May 1998 15:28:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gibbs@plutotech.com) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA29420; Tue, 26 May 1998 16:27:58 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199805262227.QAA29420@pluto.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Don Wilde cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" , Mike Smith , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID controller support In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 May 1998 13:33:52 PDT." <356B2730.CAADAF88@partsnow.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 16:23:50 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Gentlemen - > On looking thru the -hackers archives, the two of you seem most likely >to have some advice. I'm buying a new server for a colocated web host >and I'd like to buy one of the all-in-one boxes like the Dell 4100 or >Micron Netframe. The Dell uses the AMI MegaRAID 434, the Micron uses >Intel's new i960 RAID controller. My research from earlier posts is that >AMI was not helpful. Is that still the case? Leasing becomes much >simpler if it's just one box, although from a long-term perspective I'm >better off to go with a Winchester Systems multi-host standalone SCSI-3 >RAID box and some smaller servers like Dell 2200's. The only internal RAID solution for FreeBSD at this time is the DPT card family. Other adapters could be supported, but that would probably require documentation and money for a contractor. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message