Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 00:17:08 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: List of supported RAID controllers ? Message-ID: <19990203001708.C12734@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <19990202222804.D12066@orcrist.mediacity.com>; from Gregory Sutter on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 10:28:04PM -0800 References: <grog@lemis.com> <199902030148.PAA24626@pegasus.com> <19990202222804.D12066@orcrist.mediacity.com>
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On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 10:28:04PM -0800, Gregory Sutter wrote: > On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 03:47:49PM -1001, Richard Foulk wrote: > > } > One other thing to keep in mind is that most any SCSI-SCSI RAID controller > > } > is supported. > > } > > } Right, I forgot to mention that. > > } > > } > I believe they're using a Mylex SCSI-SCSI RAID controller on > > } > ftp.cdrom.com. > > } > > } Correct. It's a Mylex DAC960SXI. The other Mylex controllers are > > } real RAID controllers, however, and not currently supported. > > } > > > > SCSI-SCSI RAID controllers are real RAID too. > > > > And preferrable to the non-portable, non-standard kind, IMO. > > Right. I frequently use AVIstor (Infortrend) RAID controllers with > Seagate Cheetah hard drives in a RAID 5 configuration, all hanging off > an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI adapter. Combined with Softupdates, it creates > the fastest disk filesystem I've ever used. I'll second that. I know this configuration very well and I can also say that the above setup on a K6-2 300mhz with 256 Meg of ram is amazingly fast. Like a complete make world in just under 2 hours. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.0 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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