Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 15:01:15 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: yossman <yossman@nonline.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT RAID - supported? Message-ID: <19990424150114.Q97757@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904231624380.16009-100000@yoss.nonline.net>; from yossman on Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 05:16:46PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904231624380.16009-100000@yoss.nonline.net>
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On Friday, 23 April 1999 at 17:16:46 -0400, yossman wrote: > > i'm looking into getting a DPT RAID SCSI controller for one of my busier > FreeBSD machines, but unfortunately DPT tech support (www.dpt.com) can't > tell me for sure whether their cards will work with FreeBSD or not. Shame on them. > i've heard reports of people using their RAID IV series with FreeBSD > (for hardware-level RAID support), but i have no specifics to go on > and i'm not willing to do the upgrade until i know it will work. ;) > i've tried to contact the driver author for DPT cards myself, but i > haven't gotten an answer back yet and the need for the upgrade > continues to grow on a daily basis. > > does FreeBSD3.1.0R support the DPT RAID IV cards? Yes. > can anyone confirm/deny real production use of these cards? I know a lot of people are using them, but I don't keep records. Maybe somebody else will reply. > i took a look at the handbook's idea of what is supported by FreeBSD > and what is not, but it doesn't look like that list is at all > comprehensive, or if it's even been updated lately. ;( if DPT RAID > might not be the way to go, can someone suggest an alternative > hardware-level RAID SCSI card system that they know does work with > FreeBSD? what i'm after is something seamless, so FreeBSD sees only > one drive which is actually mirrored across additional drives, that > FreeBSD doesn't have to know about (shouldn't know about, even). Currently DPT is the only game in town, and only the III and IV models. Software for the V is under development, but it's not ready yet. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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