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Date:      Wed, 3 Mar 1999 17:52:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Grant Beckerleg <grant@vbc.net>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Remote RAID
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903031750190.11717-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <01b401be658f$97489e40$0602cfc2@gromit.uk1.vbc.net>

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On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Grant Beckerleg wrote:

> Hello there,
>                    I am a newbie to FreeBSD and I have been building a
> RAID system that will be have to be administered remotely. My employer
> wants 3.1 Release on it.
> 
> I was given a DPT 3444UW controller with 2 channels. This is causing
> problems as the 'Storage Manager' software does not seem to be able to
> reside on FreeBSD 3-1 release. This means NO remote maintenance of the
> arrays.
> 
> Can anyone help with a remote configuration or is anyone using DPT's
> Storage Manager remotely?

  No, it can't be done at this point.  Remote configuration or any
configuration is not really necessary after building the initial array.

> I have 8 x 4.5Gb drives - 2 will RAID1 and 6 will be RAID5.
> I have been told that I have to knock down the transfer rate, on the 6
> drive array, to 10Mhz(10Mb per second) is this correct?

  No.  No idea why anyone would say or think that either.  BTW, 10Mhz is
20MB/s as this card uses wide channels.  

> Any help gratefully accepted.
> Rgds,
> Grant Beckerleg         VBCnet GB Ltd       http://www.vbc.net
> tel +44 117 929 1316     fax +44 117 927 2015

Tom



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