From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 12:54:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (unknown [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 245AF37B491 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:54:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f11KsxM01333; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:54:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200102012054.f11KsxM01333@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: uid0@catastrophe.net Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec Controller (subtitled: best bang for buck?) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 2001 14:44:58 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 12:54:59 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I was hoping to get some insight on the Adaptec 2100S controller; have > there been any pitfalls or perils that anyone has run into in setting > this up with 5-6 36GB 10K drives? > > I'm looking to put up a box with hardware level RAID5 or possible > RAID5+1. Is it smart to boot from a RAID device? The last time I > looked at this was about two years ago and things seemed a bit "iffy". > > If you have any insight, or can think of a better controller for the > price range of the 2100S, please email me. You shouldn't have any trouble doing what you're proposing here. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message