Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 12:26:39 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> To: Matt Emerson <matt@pip.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switch from sun to freebsd news server? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960225121637.11096A-100000@okjunc.junction.net> In-Reply-To: <199602250142.UAA00358@nightfly.pip.net>
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On Sat, 24 Feb 1996, Matt Emerson wrote: > ideally, we'd like to use an ibm pc server 320 with a raid, and > 64MB. but after poking around the mailing list archives, i'm > not too hopeful this will be a viable option. I have a customer running SCO UNIX on one of these machines. First of all, it is a dual Pentium design and I don't believe FreeBSD supports dual CPU machines yet so why not buy faster single-CPU design. Secondly, the RAID component of the 320 is supplied by a Mylex DAC960 host adapter connected to a hot-swap drive chassis. This requires Mylex supported drivers which I am sure are not available for FreeBSD. However, Mylex makes a model of the DAC960 called DAC960SI which is System Independent. It is a SCSI to SCSI design which requires a supported SCSI host adapter in the host machine so there should be no problems in using it in a FreeBSD machine. I have heard that it is also possible to get independent hot-swap chassis. Perhaps if you call up Mylex and ask about the 960SI they will be able to point you to a supplier of hot-swap chassis > so, should i shut up and be happy with the ss10? or would a > switch be reasonable? Research, research, research. The world of computers is a BIG WIDE world these days, filled with lots of interesting nooks and crannies and people doing interesting things with non-standard hardware and software. Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com
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