From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 22 23:19:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA04808 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 23:10:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles110.castles.com [208.214.165.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA04795 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 23:10:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00729; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806230505.WAA00729@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: spork cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CMD CRD-5440 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 23 Jun 1998 01:10:34 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:05:19 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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. ... > 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? You would probably want to use something like expect (ports/lang/expect and the book 'Exploring Expect') to talk to it. If you polish it a bit, it might even make for a port of its own. 8) > Has anyone run into problems with the CMD? Is the firmware generally > stable? There have been lots of happy testimonials about them, and they're marketted sufficiently successfully that I suspect they're pretty solid. Actually, I was looking at one of their units at Usenix; they pack 7 PCI slots, the CPU and memory into a 5.25" FH drive form factor - yeow! -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message