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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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