Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 17:21:15 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@tri-lakes.net> To: Tom <tom@sdf.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice on new SCSI hardware Message-ID: <XFMail.971120172732.cdillon@tri-lakes.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971119225622.28825A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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On 20-Nov-97 Tom wrote: >> am most likely going to use is the Tekram DC-390F (i believe that is >the > > Tekram? Why? All the tekram controllers I know are dogs. > > A NCR875 based card (like the Diamand Fireport 40) are pretty cheap, >and >fast. Uuuuuh, the Tekram DC-390F *IS* based on the NCR 875, many of the people on this list like it, and it is inexpensive (I would almost count on Diamond to have a pretty high price tag on their Fireport, though I don't know how much it actually costs.) > I have two Micropolis 3243 drives. I don't belive they make these >anymore, as I got mine almost two years ago. I hate them. One of them >is >flaky (locks up, and requires a _power cycle_ before it will respond to a >problem). They also run hot. > Thanks. This confirms my suspicion about those drives. :-) > I don't reconize that Seagate model number, but I like the Seagate >Barracuda 4LP or 4XL series. I have about 15 2GB and 4GB 4XL or 4LP >drives, and they work well. Very reliable, and very fast. No failures >to >date (they are used 24x7). > >> Concerning the swap area (which will be on these drives), which is >better: >> setting the drives to be entirely consumed by the ccd partitions and >> putting the swap within the virtual ccd, or just leave some free space >on > > You can put swap in the virtual ccd? I guess you could disklabel ccd0c >disk, but I just newfs it, and mount it. Now that I actually think about it, no, unless I were to create a vnode for it, which would be ridiculous. --- Chris Dillon --- cdillon@tri-lakes.net --- Powered by FreeBSD, the best operating system on the planet. ---- (http://www.freebsd.org)
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