From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 22 22:10:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA27081 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:10:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA27076 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:10:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA26262 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 01:10:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 01:10:34 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: CMD CRD-5440 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, We've been having a hard time deciding which RAID solution to go with, and are currently torn between the DPT controller and a CMD CRD-5440. I'm kind of leaning towards the CMD, as I'm not quite sure the DPT will be trouble-free yet. Today our DPT test box just started beeping on a reboot for no apparent reason. I didn't get a chance to boot DOS to see what was up, and I started wondering how long it would beep like that at a colo with no one to hear it... So my questions are: The CMD provides a serial interface for setup/troubleshooting. I assume we could write some simple script to "look" at it every now and again and verify that there are no failed drives. Has anyone else done this? How do most people detect a failure when the machine is at a remote location? Is $1800-ish (U.S. $'s) a good price? Has anyone run into problems with the CMD? Is the firmware generally stable? How do the DPT and CMD compare for speed? We're primarily looking for RAID 1, and a few machines will use RAID 5. Any additional comments/horror-stories welcome... Thanks, Charles Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message