Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:53:18 -0700 From: "Mike Muir" <mmuir@es.co.nz> To: <spork@fasttrackmonkey.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Raid Controller Summary Message-ID: <001001c0066c$58f1a540$0164a8c0@lan> References: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0008141943130.23040-100000@frothy.fasttrackmonkey.com>
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> AMI > --- > > Booting off these looks to have been introduced in 4.1. I assume these > are relatively well tested. I do not believe there is a command-line > utility for these, so remote notification of failures may be difficult. > > (light load) > MegaRAID 100 - > super cheap, $340 mail order, 33 MHz i960, up to 128MB cache. > > MegaRAID 200 - > ditto, $460 mail order, not really sure what else you get, specs look the > same... > > MegaRAID 300 - > ditto, $550?? (unable to find pricing online), again, very similar but > with a 100MHz i960. Perhaps this would be OK for a medium-duty server? > > (heavy load) > Elite - Seems to be discontinued, not available at any of AMI's listed > online outlets > Inserting a model here: Enterprise 1200 (MegaRAID 428) If $340 is super cheap.. then this is ULTRA SUPER TURBO CHEAP II at $109 for the 2 channel version (yes with battery backup too!) 33Mhz i960, 2 or 3 channels and up to 128MB of cache (FPM Parity 72pin <=70ns albiet.. hard to find) Seems to be working very nicely, no problems (I avoided the hanging issue with ami controllers a while back) and definitely speedy w/ 3 discs in raid-0. (i really need some more cache though, 4mb doesn't cut it according to mike smith :) > Enterprise 1400 - > Cheaper than the mylex at $980, i960 at 66MHz, 3 channels, battery backup > for cache. > > Enterprise 1500 - > Similar to above, $1150, i960 at 100MHz, 4 channels, battery backup > included. > > So what have people chosen so far? It seems for a small machine that > needs critical data protected by raid, the AMI 300 would be a good choice > on a low budget, but on the high end it seems the Mylex ExtremeRAID is the > better choice... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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