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. ______________________________________________________________________ Rob Snow Powered by FreeBSD rsnow@txdirect.net http://www.freebsd.org
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