Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 13:24:02 +0000 From: Phil Allsopp <phil@virtek.com> To: Agent Drek <drek@smashpow.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID on the cheap Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20001029132402.01abcd68@mail.btinternet.com> In-Reply-To: <39FC2202.3FE08941@smashpow.net> References: <200010290700.BAA51057@cs28120-135.houston.rr.com>
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At 08:11 29/10/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Zdenko Tomasic wrote: >> >> We got SGI O2 which needs a bit of storage attached, so I thought of >> using PC running FBSD with vinum and nfs as a cheap RAID box. >I use the slowest CPU with the fastest bus I can find ... PII450 right >now. I think IDE drives are only ok if you have a seperate controller >for each drive ... search the archives for more about that. Don't cheap >out on the NIC either. NFS should be fine. re: Raid controller, a company called iwill has recently brought out an IDE ATA100 4 disk Raid controller card. Real easy to install as it is all on a card. Just plug in and go. I believe that there are monitoring tools provided for most O/S's Phil. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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