Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:22:43 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com> To: "J.D McSwain" <jmcswain@lucent.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Frustration with SCSI system Message-ID: <BFEGKDHLHDNOJEIHJDBAAEBJCAAA.troy@psknet.com> In-Reply-To: <39C9FB24.734E7BC8@lucent.com>
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Being brand new to the world of hardware RAID, I grabbed an AMI Megaraid Express 200. It takes anywhere from 4MB up to 128MB SIMM for cache, and seems to perform very well. It also supports a number of non-disk devices, so you don't need an extra controller for a tape drive or CDROM (I've not tested that myself, my tape is in another machine, and I used an IDE CDROM). At any rate, the BIOS utility to create the volumes was very easy to use, and once done, FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE booted right up without issue. I'm pleased with this card. -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks 540.994.4254 It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of J.D McSwain > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 8:12 AM > To: Nick Rogness > Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Frustration with SCSI system > > > So which RAID card is available that can > be used to mirror the root disk, is supported > by FREEBSD and has a decent price? > > Dale McSwain > Nick Rogness wrote: > > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > * Edward Elhauge <ee@uncanny.net> [000920 12:48] wrote: > > > > Hello Freebsders, > > > > > > > > I've been using FreeBSD over the last 6 years (since I switched from > > > > NetBSD) to run a small ISP out of my basement. > > > > > > > > I've had about six disk crashes in as many years and still > don't know how > > > > to work reliably with them. > > > > > > "man vinum" > > > > > > software mirroring == good. > > > > The question should be, "How much you want to spend?" Depending > > on how you answer that question, you could choose > either software > > or hardware RAID. I've always had better luck with hardware > > RAID cards compared to software RAID's. ALthough vinum sounds > > like a great package, I have little experience with > it...only ccd, > > which is why I went with a hardware solution. > > > > If you got money, get a RAID controller (supported by > > FreeBSD). Then you don't have the root limitation that > comes with > > vinum. > > > > If you don't have money, use vinum. Either way, use RAID. > > > > Best of luck. > > > > Nick Rogness > > - Drive defensively. Buy a tank. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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