Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:16:06 -0800 (PST) From: <keith@mail.telestream.com> To: James <mlistbsd@icorp.net> Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID/config questions Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003071514200.13844-100000@mail.telestream.com> In-Reply-To: <38C58929.548A69C6@icorp.net>
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I have used DPT's products for some time. Aside from some sweating over kernel options I've had great success using both RAID-5 and RAID-0 with them. The entire setup is prety painless. Keith ================================= I here by change the name of RedHat to RedSplat. Keith W. At the helm <for better or worse> ================================= On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, James wrote: > Mike Tancsa wrote: > > >1. What is the best RAID controller/model to use? (for either setup) > > > >I've been pretty happy with Adaptec and FreeBSD's support of Adaptec > > >controllers, so I would prefer to stay with Adaptec but don't know about > > >their RAID offerings.. > > > > No Adaptec RAID support. Try a Mylex DAC 960 based card for low end or the > > AMI MegaRAID. Its pretty straightforward to setup via the card's BIOS. > > I'm definitely interested in performance and reliability and willing to pay > more. This is for a server and not a workstation. > > I guess if I'm interested in a setup where I have 3 drives, with approximately > 2/3 of the total space available, that is RAID0+1? I haven't worked with RAID > before and I'd prefer my first experience to be as painless as possible. Are > there any RAID controllers/drives specifically tuned for each other? > > I'm hoping to get some feedback on what RAID systems users on this list may > recommend - and a good source for the products. Thanks very much! > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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