Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 20:27:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> To: Dror Matalon <dror@hopf.dnai.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ERROR info:747d9d asc:11,0 Unrecovered read ...other SCSI issues Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960607202205.1713I-100000@sidhe.memra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960607114715.9403K-100000@mars.dnai.com>
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On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Dror Matalon wrote: > >room that you need to put on a sweater when you go in. It also helps to > >use RAID (http://www.mylex.com DAC960SI) because it lessens the physical > >activity on any one drive to some extent. And the special fans to blow air > >across the top of each individual drive. The nice thing about a DAC960 is > >that with a proper hot-swap chassis and RAID 5, replacing a drive doesn't > >shut anything down. > > I'd love using some kind of RAID solution. So far I haven't found anything > that I really like, and that has been tested. Are you using the mylex > RAID? I've used the DAC960E under SCO UNIX with RAID 5 on IBM servers and AST Manhattan servers. It works great, especially when you have a hot swap chassis. > I looked at it a while ago and it sounded like an interesting solution, > but I first wanted to hear about other people using it. I have read at least one account of somebody using the SI version with FreeBSD but it was a while ago and I forget the details. > I actually think that someone could make nice bucks, by putting together > a FreeBsd box with redundant Power supplies, fans, Scsi controllers etc > and make it a, relatively, cheap NFS appliance. Tell your favourite dealer this. SOme I have run across that might be interested are http://www.promox.com http://www.apache.com http://www.justcomp.com http://www.varesearch.com Michael Dillon ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com
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