Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 15:50:59 -0500 (EST) From: Nick Merrill <nick@calyx.net> To: Chris Bura <chris@MAIN.Netcorps.com> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID ? Message-ID: <199702092050.PAA22896@mojo.calyx.net>
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At 02:02 PM 2/7/97 -0800, you wrote: > >Well after checking out Mylex's website I noticed a product called >the DAC960SUI which connects the a SCSI controller. It's supposed to >just be seen as a hard drive as far as the OS is concerned. >Have no idea what it costs. Can't seem to find a retailer around with >enough IQ to figure out that if it's not in stock, it still may exist... I have one of those. It's really a beautiful unit. It takes a 72 pin SIMM up to 64mb for cache, and has up to 3 fast/wide channels to hook hard drives up to, and one fast/wide host channel that you hook to your SCSI card. It's got it's own LED readout and buttons so you can configure it stand-alone, or it's got an optional serial port you can use to set it up using software on your PC. Once you get it all configured, and the drives formatted and organized into a RAID, the controller handles everything, while making the entire RAID appear to the host as one drive, of Mylex brand. That way it works on any platform that supports SCSI without any special drivers. The unit I got cost around $3000 or $3500. But if you've got the cash I'd highly recommend it. I'm pretty sure they carry them at Net Express - http://www.tdl.com/~netex Tell them I sent you ;) Nick --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Merrill 24 Hour pager: 212-381-0500 Voice: 212-292-7325 President / CEO http://www.calyx.net Fax : 212-292-7313 Calyx Internet Access 271 E. 10th St. #100 NYC 10009 Email: nick@calyx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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