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Date:      Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:11:32 -0500
From:      "Jaime Bozza" <wheelman@nuc.net>
To:        "Joe Greco" <jgreco@ns.sol.net>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, <rjebara@palnet.com>
Subject:   RE: Hardware RAID for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <NDBBKFDNKLNKODEFHDGEAEMECLAA.wheelman@nuc.net>
In-Reply-To: <199906141846.NAA43719@aurora.sol.net>

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>SCSI-to-SCSI RAID controllers are nicer and the Mylex can be configured
>from the front panel (as opposed to something like the DPT SmartRAID IV
>which requires a DOS app).
>
>They appear to the OS as an actual storage device, rather than as a
>number of discrete drives.  This means that you can install OS and stuff
>on them too, because the PC BIOS sees them as a single drive too.

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.


Jaime Bozza
EnterComp of Florida, LLP



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