Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:27:34 -0800 From: Michael VanLoon <MichaelV@EDIFECS.COM> To: 'Mike Smith' <msmith@freebsd.org>, peter <peter@nic.cc> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: RAID 5 Message-ID: <F37F6A0194D1EF4BA8D0EF3B542BE3E00F14A5@ecx1.edifecs.com>
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I've also had excellent results with the DPT SmartRaid V controllers, though I don't know how easy these are to find since they've been swallowed by Adaptec. > From: Mike Smith [mailto:msmith@freebsd.org] > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 5:30 PM > > > Thanks for the info, although I wish I could send you a > box, I don't have > > anywhere near the kind of auth to do that... ;) > > *sigh* That's OK. 8) > > > We've played with vinum for a few months with no problems, > is it reliable > > enough to take the abuse we are about to engage in? > > > > Would CCD be a better bet? > > No, and no. > > > Are there options I am not aware of. Basically there are > five of these > > guys as Database servers behind ten PowerApp web100 boxes, > which in turn > > are behind a Load-balancing smart switch (CISCO content > switch)...we know > > our main bottleneck is drive access so we wanted some sort > of RAID or > > striping. > > Depends on how many disks you're planning to use. As I > suggested, the > Dell PERC 2/DC is probably a good alternative. I'm sorry > we're not up to > snuff with the onboard RAID yet; it's been a long haul. 8( To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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