Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 07:55:20 -0600 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Mark Nipper <nipsy@tamu.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID spanning over two 2400A's supported? Message-ID: <20020417135520.GA85801@hollin.btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <20020417091401.GC24693@arrakis.tamu.edu> References: <20020417091401.GC24693@arrakis.tamu.edu>
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 03:14:01AM -0600, Mark Nipper wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 10:57:28AM +0300, Vallo Kallaste wrote: > > We're considering Adaptec 2400A's for new server. Will the asr(4) > > driver support more than one controller and RAID spanning over two > > controllers? Our final goal is 8 disk RAID-5 array, not expecting > > great I/O but large storage area. > > I guess it's possible to concat or stripe the two RAID-5 arrays with > > vinum in case spanning is not supported? Every bit of advice will be > > welcome! > > I just recently assembled a system as our workgroup > server using the Adaptec 2400A and four Western Digital "Special > Edition" 120GB 7200RPM ATA hard drives with 8MB cache each. I > must say it's fantastic! :) Good to hear. > > I'm not sure whether you can span over two adapters. My > inclination is that no, this will not work. But you will > probably want to contact Adaptec since this is really an OS > independent question. In fact, unless you go to > http://linux.adaptec.com/ and post on the "Open Source Message > Board" there (you have to create a username and password, but > it's relatively painless and I have yet to receive any spam from > them), I wouldn't mention FreeBSD at all if you e-mail their > normal support channels. You're also welcome to email me directly. To be honest, I don't check the "Open Source Message Board" as much as I should. You are correct the the normal Adaptec Phone Support doesn't know a thing about FreeBSD, but hopefully that will change over time. Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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