Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:17:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Philipp <philipp@globalserve.net> To: Jeremy Domingue <jer@hughes.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disgruntled Linux User... questions about FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.00.9807132110460.25223-100000@geeklab.globalserve.net> In-Reply-To: <009501bdae88$70e84f20$6e2f87d0@ws-47-110.selectaswitch.com>
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On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Jeremy Domingue wrote: > 3) Is anyone using SMP on FreeBSD with an Adaptec 7880 on-board SCSI > controller? Linux people keep telling me that this is not a good > configuration for Linux... how about for FreeBSD? Where I work we have a dual PII with built in SCSI controller. In my opinion this was a bad buy, but that's the process of "gaining experience" I guess. First off look at what a built in SCSI can do to you... Imagine yourself in a scenario where it's a sunday morning and the built in adapter somehow dies. Not only do you have to replace the motherboard but you'll be looking all over town for a place that sells these dual cpu motherboards. It's much easier to find a place with an external scsi adapter, and you'll be off after replacing it (or if you're smart you'll have a spare scsi card lying around somewhere, and just replace the broken one...would you have a spare motherboard lying around for the price it is?).. I don't think we use the built in scsi on the box at all...it's just too much pain fiddling with it. I'd stay away from it. Hope that helps... Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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