From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jun 4 14:10:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA14056 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 14:10:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA14034 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 14:10:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA23611; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 14:09:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606042109.OAA23611@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Brian Bartholomew cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, Chris Watson Subject: Re: RAID systems for freebsd In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 04 Jun 96 16:57:37 -0400. <199606042057.QAA18176@auntiem.pn.com> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 14:09:42 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Im looking into getting a raid system for us were running all >> FreeBSD cans here. Management wants one so were getting one.. I >> would MUCH rather keep it an all fbsd camp i dont want an NT or >> anyother garbage on my lan. Is there ANY RAID controlles and >> subsystems supported by freebsd or BSDI >If freebsd has the drivers, I can recommend the DPT Scsi cards based >on my experience with them in Interactive Unix boxes. These will do >mirroring at the controller level. See also >http://stampede.cs.berkeley.edu/ccd/ for mirroring at the OS level. There is not a DPT driver "yet". It will come in time. If you need to get something this month, don't count on it. On the other hand, you can do "RAID" 0 in software. Do a "man ccd" on any fairly recent FreeBSD or NetBSD box. I use ccd on my NetBSD box at home, and it works just great. Performance won't be as good as you'd get with a DPT controller, but it works right now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------