From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 18 07:39:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA09783 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 07:39:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from superior.mooseriver.com (ppp010-sm2.sirius.com [205.134.231.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA09777 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 07:39:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by superior.mooseriver.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id HAA13344; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 07:39:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Josef Grosch Message-Id: <199704181439.HAA13344@superior.mooseriver.com> Subject: Re: DPT SCSI Controllers In-Reply-To: from Andrew at "Apr 18, 97 09:35:44 pm" To: andrew@key.net.au (Andrew) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 07:39:08 -0700 (PDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: jgrosch@sirius.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Hi, > >From searching the mail archives I guess there isnt but as a last ditch >attempt: > >Is there support for the DPT SmartCache 4 2144W SCSI Controller? There >was talk in the archives aboput writing one. > >Also the person trying to sell it to me says it supports RAID levels 0, 1 >and 5. Anyone know what this means in somple terms (or where I can find >out)? > >Thnaks, > >Andrew > > The DPT web page is a good place to start. http://www.dpt.com/uraiddoc.html will explain what is meant by RAID 0, 1, etc. This page claims to have a FreeBSD driver for DPT RAID controllers. The driver in question will be ready "Real Soon Now" (tm). http://www.i-Connect.Net/~mike/scsi/dpt/ Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.1 jgrosch@sirius.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses