Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:12:58 +0100 From: "Morten Seeberg" <ml@seeberg.dk> To: "Christopher T. Griffiths" <cgriffiths@quansoo.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hardware Raid controllers Message-ID: <009801bf9504$2ffb0110$deff58c1@sos> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003231032020.958-100000@defiant.quansoo.com>
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The problem is still, that you need a Compaq machine to configure these, and whenever you need to reconfigure you need to move it to a Compaq computer, so that you can boot the SmartStart CD. My suggestion still is, please fill out the form on my webpage, and mail it to my, if this list grows, it will mean that Compaq can see how many people use their hardware, also on non-Compaq systems. http://seeberg.dk/freebsd/idaraid under tested systems. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher T. Griffiths" <cgriffiths@quansoo.com> To: "Per Moeller" <pm@stripe.dk> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 4:33 PM Subject: Re: Hardware Raid controllers > Might I suggest the Compaq 3200 Array Controller. I saw someone on these > lists was using it in an IBM Server a few weeks back. I have several of > these working here and they are wonderful. > > > Chris > > On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Per Moeller wrote: > > > It seems to me that the only usable raid controller for FreeBSD is the DPT series, and thoose who are supported are totally > > outdated. > > > > As we are only using IBM Netfinity 5500 servers, and their serveRAID controller are not supported, as it is in Linux. However > > fitting the servers with another controller is not a problem, and we would WERY much like to use FreeBSD because of the > > reliability and performance. > > > > So, is it totally impossible to get a fast hardware RAID controller (running RAID-5) for FreeBSD??? > > > > Do I really have to use an OS that I don't trust to run our services??? > > > > HELP! > > > > // Per Moller / System Administrator / VestNet Denmark > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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