From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Apr 18 16:18:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.thewrittenword.com (ns1.thewrittenword.com [67.89.104.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B4D937B419 for ; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:18:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from china@localhost) by mail1.thewrittenword.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) id g3INIM533107 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:18:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd-stable@thewrittenword.com) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:18:22 -0500 From: Albert Chin To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID spanning over two 2400A's supported? Message-ID: <20020418181822.A32943@oolong.il.thewrittenword.com> Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020417075728.GA94009@myhakas.estpak.ee> <20020417091401.GC24693@arrakis.tamu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020417091401.GC24693@arrakis.tamu.edu>; from nipsy@tamu.edu on Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 04:14:01AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 04:14:01AM -0500, Mark Nipper wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 10:57:28AM +0300, Vallo Kallaste wrote: > > We're considering Adaptec 2400A's for new server. Will the asr(4) > > driver support more than one controller and RAID spanning over two > > controllers? Our final goal is 8 disk RAID-5 array, not expecting > > great I/O but large storage area. > > I guess it's possible to concat or stripe the two RAID-5 arrays with > > vinum in case spanning is not supported? Every bit of advice will be > > welcome! > > I just recently assembled a system as our workgroup > server using the Adaptec 2400A and four Western Digital "Special > Edition" 120GB 7200RPM ATA hard drives with 8MB cache each. I > must say it's fantastic! :) Good to know FreeBSD supports the 2400A. Wonder how it compares with the 3Ware 7000 series controllers (which offers a 4 and 8-port card). -- albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message