From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 3 16:37:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA15353 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:37:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA15341; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:37:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-165.laker.net [208.0.233.65]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id TAA16868; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 19:37:21 -0500 Message-Id: <199811040037.TAA16868@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" , "John Aughey" Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 19:35:54 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: RAID5 support ? Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:42:34 -0800 (PST), John Aughey wrote: >I have a client who is interested in installing a FreeBSD system >with a RAID 5 disk system. I'm not well versed in RAID technology. >Are RAID systems supported under FreeBSD. I saw in the latest >release notes that a DPT controller is supported. > >Does any one have experience with RAID 5 systems that can point me >in the right direction? In particular, what type of controller/disk >would you suggest. There has been recent discussion. Search the email archives at www.freebsd.org and search for: SCSI-SCSI and/or RAID The SCSI-SCSI is fairly expensive, but it appears to be the way to go for *mission critical* use. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message