Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:01:55 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: <l.farr@epcdirect.co.uk>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mylex DAC Driver Message-ID: <v0422080fb47e83c11d3c@[195.238.1.121]> In-Reply-To: <NDBBIHCFMLAGDJOANEHDMEBACEAA.l.farr@epcdirect.co.uk> References: <NDBBIHCFMLAGDJOANEHDMEBACEAA.l.farr@epcdirect.co.uk>
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[ Sorry about the re-transmit -- I hit "send", then thought of one more thing, and couldn't stop it in time. Sigh.... I hate single-processing boxes. -BK ] At 10:59 AM +0000 1999/12/16, Lawrence Farr wrote: > I have 3 or 4 Mylex controllers hanging around which I would like to use on > some FreeBSD machines that I am going to build. I would prefer to boot from > the RAID, as opposed to a single disc, which I know is not the best way of > working but I need solidity of data over speed. > Did the DAC driver make it into 3.4, or should I use CURRENT?. They will not > be Mission Critical, but the data is. You'd have to talk to Mike, but it's my understanding that the drivers are still under development, and not all the Mylex controllers are covered (the older ones are, but not the newer ones -- of course, I don't believe you can buy the older ones anymore, unless you buy them second-hand). Personally, I'd put this in the same category as vinum -- safe enough to use in certain modes (in the case of vinum, combinations of striping and mirroring, but not RAID-5), but not yet safe enough to use across the board for everything. I'd also put this in the same category of using a -CURRENT box for production (i.e., "Mission Critical") purposes. Not recommended, but if you're willing to take the risk, then I guess you can do whatever you like. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ____________________________________________________________________ |o| Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Belgacom Skynet NV/SA |o| |o| Systems Architect, News & FTP Admin Rue Col. Bourg, 124 |o| |o| Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.11.11/12.49 B-1140 Brussels |o| |o| http://www.skynet.be Belgium |o| \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. Unix is very user-friendly. It's just picky who its friends are. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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