From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Feb 24 18:58:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA07544 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 18:58:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from pipebomb.noc.best.net (dns2.noc.best.net [206.86.8.69]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA07523 for ; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 18:58:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from geli.clusternet (rcarter.vip.best.com [204.156.137.2]) by pipebomb.noc.best.net (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id SAA21017; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 18:56:50 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by geli.clusternet (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA19039; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 18:57:05 -0800 Message-Id: <199602250257.SAA19039@geli.clusternet> X-Authentication-Warning: geli.clusternet: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 To: Joe Greco cc: matt@pip.net (Matt Emerson), freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switch from sun to freebsd news server? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Feb 1996 20:35:23 CST." <199602250235.UAA14521@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 18:57:05 -0800 From: "Russell L. Carter" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > > > ideally, we'd like to use an ibm pc server 320 with a raid, and > > 64MB. but after poking around the mailing list archives, i'm > > not too hopeful this will be a viable option. (i stick my > > tongue out at adaptec for not releasing docs on the 3985, which > > is just what i need.) > > > > i guess i could move the news server to solaris 2.5 and use > > online disksuite to do "software raid," but i'm too used to bsd Why not use one of the single ID RAID systems, like those from BoxHill Systems Co (info@boxhill.com) or UniSolution (800-552-4uni)? I don't have experience with either, or personal interest, they're just the first two I have started to look into for use with FreeBSD. Russell > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net > Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/546-7968 >