Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:30:06 -0500 From: Tim Tsai <tim@futuresouth.com> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fibre Channel Controller [ LONG RESPONSE ] Message-ID: <19990714003006.A10871@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907131541540.9687-100000@semuta.feral.com>; from Matthew Jacob on Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 07:40:56PM -0700 References: <121f01becd68$46c41120$3102fbd1@siscom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907131541540.9687-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 07:40:56PM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > So, to get back to your question: I'd have to say that FC is cool, and > will really be awesome over time, but it's just *barely* at the level you > could put it together in your own shop with. Caveat Emptor. Man, it's > painful to admit this, but it's true. That is my experience while looking for FC gear. I'd love to replace the storage systems on our dozen or so servers with two FC storage servers and a FC switch. I couldn't find any reasonably priced solutions. BTW, can your driver handle that scenario with a switch? i.e. multiple hosts accessing one or two FC arrays (with independent RAID controller). Thanks, Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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