Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:58:12 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Jaime Bozza <wheelman@nuc.net> Cc: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, rjebara@palnet.com Subject: Re: Hardware RAID for FreeBSD Message-ID: <37656CE4.D991DE85@tdx.co.uk> References: <NDBBKFDNKLNKODEFHDGEAEMECLAA.wheelman@nuc.net>
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Jaime Bozza wrote: > > I'm not sure about the speed of the SmartRAID V stuff (U2W suite), but the > configuration is all done through the BIOS now. No DOS App is needed to > configure. > > It may be worth a second look. Speed wise, we've found our "entry level" DPT system to be pretty damned quick, but that's our personal oppinion :) We don't have a SmartRAID V unit, so I could be speaking out of turn here... But, I doub't the BIOS can aid and assist you with a 'live' system, to the point of changing hot-swap configurations / drives etc. without restarting the O/S (how else are you going to get into the BIOS when a drive has failed without restarting? :) The BIOS will take you so far, but without native FreeBSD tools, your back to the "wait for the beeps", then schedule a 'convienent' time for the box to be downed to sort things out... :-( (via the BIOS or otherwise, until theres native FreeBSD utils :-( -Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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