From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 4 06:18:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA29440 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 06:18:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.his.com (mail.his.com [205.177.25.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA29434 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 06:18:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad@his.com) Received: from mail.his.com (brad@mail.his.com [205.177.25.9]) by mail.his.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA05656 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:18:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:18:33 -0500 (EST) From: Brad Knowles To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DPT SmartRAID IV w/ FreeBSD... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Folks, I haven't subscribed to the list yet, so please bear with me (and cc: me on all replies). Anyway, we already have an existing anonymous ftp server, but my boss wants me to install a bigger/better/faster model. I'm not all that familiar with how the existing server is set up, but I figured I couldn't go too wrong by paying some attention to how wcarchive.cdrom.com is configured, or by choosing a RAID solution that is already supported in FreeBSD. Since I generally prefer hardware RAID over software implementations, and since DPT was explicitly mentioned in the release notes, I figured I'd start there. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly which models of DPT RAID controllers are supported under FreeBSD 2.2.7 (or FreeBSD 3.0), nor do I know if the DPT Storage Manager could somehow be run under FreeBSD. Can anyone give me some help, especially if you've actually worked with this combination? What about price/performance/reliability comparison with software RAID solutions for FreeBSD (if any exist)? Finally, although I've seen the configuration note for wcarchive.cdrom.com, I don't think it mentioned explicitly which RAID solution they were using -- anyone here happen to know? Thanks! -- Brad Knowles comp.mail.sendmail FAQ Maintainer Emeritus 38°57'26"N 077°07'16"W The comp.mail.sendmail FAQ is now at To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message