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Date:      Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:05:14 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Miroslav Pendev <miro@cybershade.us>
Cc:        SCSI FreeBSD <scsi@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: OT: UltraTrac SX8000  SCSI-to-ATA RAID - 1TB
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212061059530.15885-100000@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <003b01c29d3f$36d69c10$c801a8c0@vsivyoung>

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On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Miroslav Pendev wrote:
> I'm going to buy UltraTrak SX 8000 SCSI-to-ATA RAID and it will
> be connected to FreeBSD 4.6 RELEASE  (file server).
> 
> It is Ultra 160 SCSI and it must appear as standard SCSI device to
> any OS, but I just would like to ask if there is anybody with
> SX8000 under FreeBSD with production system, any problems?

There are many products like this and I'd be surprised if there was a
problem with its SCSI emulation.  The question that is more important to
me is "are the IDE drives hot swappable?"

> It will be setup as 8x160GB RAID 5 which means I will almost hit 1TB.
> Is it good idea to format the whole thing as one slice or not?

You lose a lot of space if you format that as one volume.

> Can somebody recommend a nice Ultra 160 SCSI card for this thing
> under FreeBSD? I'm pretty sure any Adaptec U160 can handle it, but...

I like the 29160 and have had no problems with it.

-Nate


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