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From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org>
Subject: Re: Anyone using ccd (FreeBSD disk striper) for news
To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco)
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> > > > Nowhere near the
> > > > improvements he got when he went RAID via DPT, but still, it was worth it.
> > > 
> > > I want a DPT driver for FreeBSD...  if I had money, I would PAY someone to
> > > do it...  but I don't have money.  :-(
> > 
> > Say...  How much do you figure we can all raise?  I might be able to throw
> > in $250 to $500.  (Dunno really, I'd have to convince my boss, and the
> > fact that Linux and BSDI already have drivers is a strike against that...)
> 
> I don't know...  I don't have any money to work with unless Exec changes
> their minds.. in which case I would probably just buy a SCSI-SCSI
> controller anyways.
> 

I thought that someone from DPT was working on a FreeBSD driver.  That was
a while ago too.

Linux also has a DPT driver.  Maybe it could be ported as a lkm.

Dan Eischen
deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org