From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 7 15:31:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BCE416A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:31:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2C5C43D5A for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:31:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j27FVqkA054260 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 09:31:53 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <422C73B4.1030700@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:31:00 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Dell PowerEdge with large storage array? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:31:54 -0000 I would like to hear from anyone using Dell PE servers (e.g. PE 2650 or larger/newer) with any kind of Dell or non-Dell external storage (SAN, NAS or other) with FreeBSD 5.X. What works well? What doesn't? Dell Fibre Channel AX100? PowerVault 7XX? Other? We've used FreeBSD 4.x on a wide variety of hardware, and more recently have been planning a 5.4 migration on our older Dell servers (PE2650 and lower), but only using the built-in PERC RAID stuff with less than 100 GB per box. We can see a need for at least a terabyte of storage (possibly more) coming around the bend, and of course I would prefer that FreeBSD be the custodian of the storage system. Speed is important, but reliability much more so. Any pointers would be much appreciated, thanks. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348