Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:31:37 -0600 (CST) From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> To: Robert Adams <radams@siscom.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building new mail system Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990122133112.19858L-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <038501be45b7$45a7a920$2802fbd1@mp.siscom.net>
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Take a peek at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/config.txt. :) On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Robert Adams wrote: > Hello all, > > We're putting together a new box to handle mail.. thought I would pick your > brains a little for advice. Hopefully someone has done this already. > > We are planning on using 4x9gig Cheetahs in a RAID 0+1 configuration.. > Currently we are looking at two RAID-RAID controllers. > > 1) Mylex 2 CHANNEL RAID W-U SCSI DACSXI > 2) CMD CRD-5440 or CRD-5500's > > Few questions.. can anyone recommend one of the above controllers over the > other? If so, for what reasons. Does the RAID 0+1 seem like the way to go? > Or should we go with something like RAID 5? > > The reason we aren't going with something like the DPT controllers is that > you have to boot to DOS to fix a failure... which isn't good imho. Any other > controller/setup recommendations are welcome.. > > TIA, > > Jason > > --- > Robert J. Adams radams@siscom.net http://www.siscom.net > Looking to outsource news? http://www.newshosting.com > SISCOM Network Administration - President, SISCOM Inc. > Phone: 888-4-SISCOM 937-222-8150 FAX: 937-222-8153 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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