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Date:      Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:59:22 -0600
From:      James <mlistbsd@icorp.net>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RAID/config questions
Message-ID:  <38CD1059.C5A11972@icorp.net>
References:  <38c48132.1056418179@mail.sentex.net> <MAIL38C45697.D736070F@icorp.net> <38c48132.1056418179@mail.sentex.net> <4.2.2.20000310075733.03768210@mail.sentex.net>

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Mike Tancsa wrote:

> At 06:20 PM 3/7/2000 +1100, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > > 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 thought we were going to introduce both Mylex and Adaptec support
> >for 4.0, but I believe Mike Smith is also adding some of this to
>
> Only Mylex and AMI.  If I recall correctly, Adaptec will not provide the
> specs for their RAID card.

Um, at the risk of soliciting a [useless] political response (i.e. "It
depends..."), what controller do you feel is best?  Mylex or AMI?   I'm
probably looking at a minimum of 3 9GB cheetahs for a high-capacity web
server.

The whole point of soliciting input in this forum is to avoid buying the
wrong product - I enjoy everybody's discussion on conceptual/performance
issues, but it would be nice to get some specifics.





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