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Date:      Mon, 2 Oct 1995 21:11:29 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Rob Snow <rsnow@txdirect.net>
To:        Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RAID solutions for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951002210842.8040A-100000@oasis>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951002215159.19696A-100000@aries.ai.net>

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On Mon, 2 Oct 1995, Network Coordinator wrote:

> > > 	I am not sure if the software support for live mirroring and hot 
> > > spares is inate to FreeBSD however. 
> > 
> > What particular support do you think belongs in FreeBSD to support these
> > functions?  These are functions of the rAID subsystem.  Unless we were
> > to attempt to implement a software RAID, the hardware should take care
> > of it for you.
> 
> I think there is some O/S alert to tell it that the drives are shifting 
> over or something so that operators will know. If the RAID system 
> actually does anything, it would be nice to know to change a drive or such.
> 
> A software RAID in FreeBSD? Don't make me drool.
> 
> -Jerry.

I saw a Adaptec 3985 for $500 in misc.????.cards.forsale
Supposed to have 3 SCSI channels, and so on.

Might be the easiest for FreeBSD since we have such good Adaptec support.

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