From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 1 07:08:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E79237B404 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2003 07:08:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx01.uunet.co.za (mx01.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.48.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500FE43FAF for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2003 07:08:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gareth@uunet.co.za) Received: from pixproxy.so.cpt1.za.uu.net ([196.30.72.11]) by mx01.uunet.co.za with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19XLne-000LCF-00; Tue, 01 Jul 2003 16:08:02 +0200 Received: from gabba.so.cpt1.za.uu.net (gabba.so.cpt1.za.uu.net [196.30.72.25]) by pixproxy.so.cpt1.za.uu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D04A61B81C; Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:07:59 +0200 (SAST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabba.so.cpt1.za.uu.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h61E7kx86361; Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:07:59 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from gareth@uunet.co.za) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:07:45 +0200 (SAST) From: Gareth Hopkins X-X-Sender: ghopkins@gabba.so.cpt1.za.uu.net To: Matthew Bettinger In-Reply-To: <200307010902.14168.mbettinger@championelevators.com> Message-ID: <20030701160341.Y83347-100000@gabba.so.cpt1.za.uu.net> X-Cell: +27 82 929 6668 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Perc3 raid cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 14:08:38 -0000 On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Matthew Bettinger wrote: MB>Hello, MB> MB> We are looking for a dell box to run a small (MySQL) database on and MB>was curious as to how well the raid card support is in these newer MB>machines. A box that would meet our needs would be something along the MB>lines of a power edge 1650. These come with PERC3-DI,128MB Battery MB>Backed Cache RAID cards. Does anyone have an experience using these MB>cards with bsd and, actually replacing a disk (raid 5) using the raid MB>utilis that come with the 4.8 branch of BSD ? Howdie, We are running 4.8-Stable on 2650's and are very happy. Replacement disks for failed drives are automatically configured and added to whatever raid you are running. --- Gareth Hopkins Server Operations http://www.uunet.co.za 08600 UUNET (08600 88638) "The contents of this e-mail and any accompanying documentation is confidential and any use thereof, in whatever form, by anyone other than the addressee for whom it is intended, is strictly prohibited."