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Date:      Wed, 31 May 2000 13:56:06 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Simon" <simon@optinet.com>
Cc:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RAID questions 
Message-ID:  <200005312056.NAA00980@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 31 May 2000 15:25:17 EDT." <200005311326.HAA02697@mail.fpsn.net> 

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> Mike,
> 
> It's true. I've been trying to get one for 2 months now. No one has them. Attached is the letter from Mylex regarding this 
> card.

Well, going by the letter, I'd get the AcceleRAID 150.  The 170 isn't 
supported yet (I don't have one, and I'm not ready with the firmware 
support), unfortunately.

> -Simon
> 
> On Wed, 31 May 2000 12:18:49 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> >> Hi!
> >> 
> >> Now that Mylex no longer makes AcceleRAID 250 controllers
> >
> >I'm not aware of Mylex abandoning this product; can you point me to a 
> >reference on this?  I would recommend this adapter over anything else at 
> >the moment.
> >
> >> can someone recommend a reliable, low cost, U2/U160 RAID controller
> >> card? I considered AMI MegaRAID Express 300, but then people told me that
> >> there are known issues with its drivers for FreeBSD.
> >
> >The AMI MegaRAID cards had issues with the driver in FreeBSD 4.0, but 
> >this has been remedied in -stable.  I'm working with AMI to get better 
> >management for these cards supported, but it's going to be a little while 
> >yet.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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