Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:18:33 -0500 (EST) From: Brad Knowles <brad@his.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DPT SmartRAID IV w/ FreeBSD... Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.9811040906280.8635-100000@mail.his.com>
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Folks, I haven't subscribed to the list yet, so please bear with me (and cc: me on all replies). Anyway, we already have an existing anonymous ftp server, but my boss wants me to install a bigger/better/faster model. I'm not all that familiar with how the existing server is set up, but I figured I couldn't go too wrong by paying some attention to how wcarchive.cdrom.com is configured, or by choosing a RAID solution that is already supported in FreeBSD. Since I generally prefer hardware RAID over software implementations, and since DPT was explicitly mentioned in the release notes, I figured I'd start there. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly which models of DPT RAID controllers are supported under FreeBSD 2.2.7 (or FreeBSD 3.0), nor do I know if the DPT Storage Manager could somehow be run under FreeBSD. Can anyone give me some help, especially if you've actually worked with this combination? What about price/performance/reliability comparison with software RAID solutions for FreeBSD (if any exist)? Finally, although I've seen the configuration note for wcarchive.cdrom.com, I don't think it mentioned explicitly which RAID solution they were using -- anyone here happen to know? Thanks! -- Brad Knowles <brad@his.com> <http://www.his.com/~brad/>; comp.mail.sendmail FAQ Maintainer Emeritus 38°57'26"N 077°07'16"W The comp.mail.sendmail FAQ is now at <http://www.sendmail.org/faq/>; <http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE38CCEF1>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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