From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Mar 14 2: 1:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from tigger.key.co.za (tigger.key.co.za [196.2.147.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 844CF37B747 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 02:01:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@tigger.key.co.za) Received: from peter (helo=localhost) by tigger.key.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 12Uo8j-0000bm-00; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:01:25 +0200 Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:01:25 +0200 (SAST) From: Peter Lockhart To: isp@freebsd.org Cc: Andre Bruton Subject: Mylex AcceleRAID 150 v 250 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org It seems Mylex has worldwide shortage of their AcceleRAID 250 controllers owing to a shortage of Intels i960 chipset or some such problem. I need to get a new server up asap. Anyway, I have been offered the option of the AcceleRAID 150 immediately as a possible alternative to an indefinate wait for a 250. The only (reported) differences being the 250 has a 66MhZ processor and 8MB RAM, while the 150 has a 33MHz processor and 4MB RAM. The saving is minimal (+/- $150 cheaper) - but time is of the essence. Now, this machine is going to be doing web serving primarily, apache and mysql for db-driven websites. It hosts a few mailboxes as well. Its going to be setup in a RAID0+1 setup, 4X9G Cheetahs. Based on this stated intended usage , is going for a 150 really going to impede performance or would I be better holding out for the 250 ? Thanks in advance for the help ! Cheers Peter Lockhart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message