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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.




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