Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:47:03 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cheap AMI MegaRAID 428 boards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003011341310.91795-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <200003011916.LAA00847@mass.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > > I've been quite happy with the 428, actually. It's a bit short on CPU > > > power, so don't expect miracles, but the UF80 firmware seems quite > > > reliable, and if you load it up with memory it tools along quite nicely. > > > > I couldn't pass that up. I just bought one. Since you're familiar > > with this thing and the specs aren't very specific, does this thing > > require ECC memory? If not require it, would it at least take > > advantage of it? > > It requires parity memory; I don't believe it would know what to do with > ECC memory (ie. would just use one bit for parity). Thanks. That's actually what I had meant, anyway. I'm too used to seeing these peecee boxes doing ECC with parity memory. I think I've got several sticks of 36-bit 72-pin SIMMs around here somewhere. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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