Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 10:31:06 -0500 From: cyber@colis.com To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID Message-ID: <00090310375700.05988@www.runapplications.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000903213318.074039f0@mail.sentex.net> References: <4.2.2.20000903213318.074039f0@mail.sentex.net>
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I have vinum running on a free mail server in a Raid 5 configuration, It is a lot faster than low end hardware raid solutions. The machine has 2 cpus (Abit dual celeron motherboard) so Raid 5 calculation is not a problem. Hope this helps. On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, Mike Tancsa wrote: > I am putting together a new POP3 server and am looking at various RAID > solutions. I have a couple of boxes deployed using 3ware IDE controllers > as well as a Mylex DAC960 and a MegaRAID 428. For RAID0, the 3ware cards > seem to perform quite well (I am using them for USENET and proxy > servers). But for the POP3, I need something with a little more > performance than I seem to get with the 3ware, Mylex and MegaRAID cards. > (The 3ware is *REALLY* slow in RAID1, dont know about RAID 10). Has anyone > tried the new Adaptec 2100S cards ? I dont want to shell out $500 bucks if > they are not that much better than the DAC960s. What about vinum ? Is > anyone using it in a production machine ? Is it reliable and ready for > prime time ? I want to do either RAID5 or 10 in order to get speed and > reliability. > > Thanks, > > ---Mike > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 > Network Administration, mike@sentex.net > Sentex Communications www.sentex.net > Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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