Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 17:51:42 +0300 From: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> To: Jaime Kikpole <jaime@malkav.snowmoon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is ServeRAID supported? Message-ID: <19990913175142.A42660@myhakas.matti.ee> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909130725140.3047-100000@malkav.snowmoon.com>; from Jaime Kikpole on Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 07:30:25AM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909130725140.3047-100000@malkav.snowmoon.com>
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On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 07:30:25AM -0400, Jaime Kikpole <jaime@malkav.snowmoon.com> wrote: > Hi all. I'm thinking about buying a NetFinity 5000 to act as a > file/web/email server. The problem is, with over 200 simultaneous > NetATalk connection expected, I need RAID support. I haven't even used > SCSI on FreeBSD before, let alone RAID! :) So anyway, this should be > interesting. > > Specifically, a salesman who's been quite open to the idea of > running an open source OS suggested the IBM ServeRAID-3L to me. He said > something that suggests that he actually looked through the web site and > found that it was supported under FreeBSD, but I can't find that page. > Can anyone confirm or deny that this card will work (with RAID 5 > abilities) under FreeBSD 3.2? If not, can anyone recommend a good RAID 5 > SCSI controller with a cache? IBM ServeRaid adapters aren't supported :( I think you can go with NF5000 embedded dual-channel UW-SCSI adapter (AIC-7895P) and use vinum for mirroring or striping (or both). Vinum is logical volume manager or so-called software RAID. Anyway, in the case you need more disk performance you can i.e. stripe four disks. Look at vinum(8). -- Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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