Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 19:40:08 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> Subject: Re: SCSI Bus redundancy... Message-ID: <XFMail.980305194008.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <199803052117.OAA05146@pluto.plutotech.com>
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On 05-Mar-98 Justin T. Gibbs wrote: >>My concern for these is as follows: >> >>1) The devices on the RAID arrays are high-availability required machines >> (ie: primary NFS fileservers, News service, and the authentication >> database machines). NONE OF THESE can afford to be down or crash. > > Neither can WCArchive. I'll be happy to turn it into a HA server. It will have to run 3.0 though :-) >>2) -CURRENT at present has a reputation for having some trouble, >> particularly at the kernel level. I'm running mid-November kernels >> and operating system releases on these machines right now due to >> this. That release *is* stable in these uses. > > It should be possible to run CAM on a system of that vintage provided you > perform a little porting effort. I'd have to go look at the CVS logs to > determine just what you would have to bring into your system in order > to run CAM. The 15-Dec-97 kernel is very stable. The only problem I am having with last week's kernels is in the soft updates stuff. >>Am I asking for major trouble if I up-rev to a recent (like last night) >>-CURRENT? > > I can't say. I don't believe that CAM will contribute to any instability > though. > >>-- >>Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin >>http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 >>Service >> | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems >>Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL >>ACCOUNTS >>Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no >>cost > > -- > Justin > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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