Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 01:55:37 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, Mark Powell <M.S.Powell@salford.ac.uk>, Joe Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How good is AMI MegaRAID support? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.10005030148540.25222-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <v04220805b533ae83fa7a@[195.238.24.94]>
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On Tue, 2 May 2000, Brad Knowles wrote: > The testing I've done so far confirms what Greg Lehey and > everyone else has been telling me all this time -- dedicated RAID > controllers just really can't keep up with a good software solution > (such as vinum, or even ccd) and modern hardware. Last I looked though, vinum cannot protect you from loss of your boot device. For some applications this may not be terribly important, but if you cannot afford to bring the machine down, the hardware solution starts to look better. Charles > -- > These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy > ====================================================================== > Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV > Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 > Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels > http://www.skynet.be || Belgium > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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