Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:30:33 -0500 From: "Ken Menzel" <kenm@icarz.com> To: "John Von Essen" <john@essenz.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: management apps for U320 RAID controllers on 5.3 Message-ID: <011b01c4f4cd$d97a4b00$8adb7bd1@icarz.com> References: <2a1f01c4f425$c2fc04c0$8adb7bd1@icarz.com> <20050106153735.D24930@beck.quonix.net>
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Thanks John, Yes there is /usr/ports/sysutils/aaccli !!! Looks like the 2200S is what I want, thanks! Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Von Essen" <john@essenz.com> To: "Ken Menzel" <kenm@icarz.com> Cc: <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 3:53 PM Subject: Re: management apps for U320 RAID controllers on 5.3 > Ken, > > If you want RAID then dont use the 39320, use something like the > 2200S or > 2120S U320 Raid Controllers. The 2200S supports an optional battery > module. Those cards use the new aac driver. The olrder U160 Raid > cards > used the asr, but they the new U320 use the aac. I forget which one > worked > with the raid utilities, but I have a felling its the aac. > > -john > > > On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Ken Menzel wrote: > >> Hi, >> We have always used adaptec asr style controllers with asr-utils >> package and scripts written to remotely monitor the raid using the >> command line raidutil program. We are now looking to do this with >> Ultra320 drives and FreeBSD 5.3. Can anyone recommend a controller >> that has or will have U320 support and tools to monitor/manage the >> arrays in FreeBSD 5.x? We have a database application, that >> updates >> often and needs a high speed caching RAID controller. We have used >> RAID 10 in the past. >> >> I was considering an Adaptec 39320A-R, it uses the 'ahd' driver but >> I >> can't seem to find a toolset for managing and monitoring.Will the >> LINUX "Adaptec Storage manager v2.12" RPM run under FreeBSD? What >> is >> the difference between "HostRAID" and "non-HostRAID"?! I am open to >> suggestions, I can't find much info on the Adaptec web site, >> except >> that FreeBSD is not a supported OS. I am also considering one of >> Dell's PERC controllers which I assume would use the aac-cli tool >> set. >> I saw some-one already asked similar questions about IBM serveRAID >> with regards to ZCR, I am not sure it would be wise to assume all >> things to be equal with U320 controllers! >> >> Thanks in advance for any advice on 5.3 and U320 tools! >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> Ken Menzel ICQ# 9325188 >> www.icarz.com kenm@icarz.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>
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