On 9/21/05, Tom Geman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I work for a small company with me as a makeshift computer administrator. > Our company currently has two offices with their own file servers. I have > an offsite backup server that currently backs up both file servers > remotely > (via rsync), everything is running OpenBSD 3.7. > > We are upgrading the backup server to a Dell Powervault 220, leaving room > for expandability. I see from the archieves that this is the same model > used by the OpenBSD team for their CVS. I am planning to use this server > with a mirrored raid 5 configuration. > > I was hoping someone here could answer a few questions. > Can I install OpenBSD on this PV 220, or is it just a bunch of disks with > no > processor?
>From looking at their specs it looks like just a storage enclosure. If so, does that mean I need another computer to install OpenBSD on, that > will use the PV 220 as it's storage? Can this be any computer (what > requirements, any recommended brands), or does it have to be this Dell > PowerVault 745N (which seems to come pre-install with some Windows Storage > Server OS)? If I'm reading correctly you can attach the enclosure to any system with a decent SCSI interface. Just make sure whatever that machine is that it has a SCSI interface that is well-supported by OpenBSD. Greg
