From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Jun 7 20:28:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA28196 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 20:28:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from okjunc.junction.net (root@okjunc.junction.net [199.166.227.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA28183; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 20:28:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sidhe.memra.com (sidhe.memra.com [199.166.227.105]) by okjunc.junction.net (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id TAA09057; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 19:44:17 -0700 Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 20:27:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Dillon To: Dror Matalon cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ERROR info:747d9d asc:11,0 Unrecovered read ...other SCSI issues In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Dror Matalon wrote: > >room that you need to put on a sweater when you go in. It also helps to > >use RAID (http://www.mylex.com DAC960SI) because it lessens the physical > >activity on any one drive to some extent. And the special fans to blow air > >across the top of each individual drive. The nice thing about a DAC960 is > >that with a proper hot-swap chassis and RAID 5, replacing a drive doesn't > >shut anything down. > > I'd love using some kind of RAID solution. So far I haven't found anything > that I really like, and that has been tested. Are you using the mylex > RAID? I've used the DAC960E under SCO UNIX with RAID 5 on IBM servers and AST Manhattan servers. It works great, especially when you have a hot swap chassis. > I looked at it a while ago and it sounded like an interesting solution, > but I first wanted to hear about other people using it. I have read at least one account of somebody using the SI version with FreeBSD but it was a while ago and I forget the details. > I actually think that someone could make nice bucks, by putting together > a FreeBsd box with redundant Power supplies, fans, Scsi controllers etc > and make it a, relatively, cheap NFS appliance. Tell your favourite dealer this. SOme I have run across that might be interested are http://www.promox.com http://www.apache.com http://www.justcomp.com http://www.varesearch.com Michael Dillon ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com