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To: James <mlistbsd@icorp.net>
Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: RAID/config questions
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I have used DPT's products for some time. Aside from some sweating over
kernel options I've had great success using both RAID-5 and RAID-0 with
them. The entire setup is prety painless. 

Keith

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I here by change the name
of RedHat to RedSplat.

Keith W.
At the helm <for better or worse>
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, James wrote:

> Mike Tancsa wrote:
> 
> >1.  What is the best RAID controller/model to use?  (for either setup)
> 
> > >I've been pretty happy with Adaptec and FreeBSD's support of Adaptec
> > >controllers, so I would prefer to stay with Adaptec but don't know about
> > >their RAID offerings..
> >
> > No Adaptec RAID support.  Try a Mylex DAC 960 based card for low end or the
> > AMI MegaRAID. Its pretty straightforward to setup via the card's BIOS.
> 
> I'm definitely interested in performance and reliability and willing to pay
> more.  This is for a server and not a workstation.
> 
> I guess if I'm interested in a setup where I have 3 drives, with approximately
> 2/3 of the total space available, that is RAID0+1?  I haven't worked with RAID
> before and I'd prefer my first experience to be as painless as possible.  Are
> there any RAID controllers/drives specifically tuned for each other?
> 
> I'm hoping to get some feedback on what RAID systems users on this list may
> recommend - and a good source for the products.  Thanks very much!
> 
> 
> 
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