Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:07:45 +0200 (SAST) From: Gareth Hopkins <gareth@uunet.co.za> To: Matthew Bettinger <mbettinger@championelevators.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Perc3 raid cards Message-ID: <20030701160341.Y83347-100000@gabba.so.cpt1.za.uu.net> In-Reply-To: <200307010902.14168.mbettinger@championelevators.com>
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Matthew Bettinger wrote: MB>Hello, MB> MB> We are looking for a dell box to run a small (MySQL) database on and MB>was curious as to how well the raid card support is in these newer MB>machines. A box that would meet our needs would be something along the MB>lines of a power edge 1650. These come with PERC3-DI,128MB Battery MB>Backed Cache RAID cards. Does anyone have an experience using these MB>cards with bsd and, actually replacing a disk (raid 5) using the raid MB>utilis that come with the 4.8 branch of BSD ? Howdie, We are running 4.8-Stable on 2650's and are very happy. Replacement disks for failed drives are automatically configured and added to whatever raid you are running. --- Gareth Hopkins Server Operations http://www.uunet.co.za 08600 UUNET (08600 88638) "The contents of this e-mail and any accompanying documentation is confidential and any use thereof, in whatever form, by anyone other than the addressee for whom it is intended, is strictly prohibited."
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