From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Feb 3 02:24:30 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA07562 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:24:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from octopus.originative.co.uk (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA07557 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:24:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) From: paul@originative.co.uk Received: by octopus with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id <1F00H6XY>; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:22:51 -0000 Message-ID: To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, gsutter@pobox.com, richard@pegasus.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: List of supported RAID controllers ? Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:22:50 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Josef Grosch [mailto:jgrosch@mooseriver.com] > Sent: 03 February 1999 08:17 > To: Gregory Sutter; Richard Foulk > Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: List of supported RAID controllers ? > > > 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. A little off topic but that is not particularly fast. A 450Mhz PII, 128Mb RAM and a single 18Gb Cheetah can do it in around 50mins. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message