From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Jul 13 21:26:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14412 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:26:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles193.castles.com [208.214.165.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA14407 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:26:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA00484; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:26:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807140426.VAA00484@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Peter Philipp cc: Jeremy Domingue , smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disgruntled Linux User... questions about FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:17:54 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:26:09 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Jeremy Domingue wrote: > > > 3) Is anyone using SMP on FreeBSD with an Adaptec 7880 on-board SCSI > > controller? Linux people keep telling me that this is not a good > > configuration for Linux... how about for FreeBSD? > > Where I work we have a dual PII with built in SCSI controller. In my > opinion this was a bad buy, but that's the process of "gaining experience" > I guess. This is ridiculously bogus. Integrated SCSI, and particularly a decent integrated SCSI controller, can be an excellent buy. > First off look at what a built in SCSI can do to you... > Imagine yourself in a scenario where it's a sunday morning and the > built in adapter somehow dies. Not only do you have to replace the > motherboard but you'll be looking all over town for a place that sells > these dual cpu motherboards. It's much easier to find a place with an > external scsi adapter, and you'll be off after replacing it (or if you're > smart you'll have a spare scsi card lying around somewhere, and just > replace the broken one...would you have a spare motherboard lying around > for the price it is?).. This is like saying that you shouldn't wear cotton underwear because maybe some aliens or them damn commies will suddenly infest your town with a lethal cotton-eating virus. "Pish tosh". > I don't think we use the built in scsi on the box at all...it's just too > much pain fiddling with it. I'd stay away from it. Well, having bought more than a few boards with integrated SCSI in my time, and never _not_ used it, I think your sample is unusefully small. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message