mfi, there basically is no competition these days.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:13:20AM +0100, Michael wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 10.11.2009 07:56, schrieb Daniel Ouellet:
> >> Punchline: I had a chat with one of the top techs at this
> >> mail system provider, and told him about the OpenBSD
> >> experience with Adaptec. He told me they have come to the
> >> same conclusion and that their next generation product would
> >> have a much better (by OpenBSD standards) manufacturer for
> >> the RAID systems...
> >
> > More of a punch line would be if they actually see the light for real as
> > well and use OpenBSD instead with softraid and all. Wouldn't that be the
> > killer. They already know about BSD, so using OpenBSD shouldn't really
> > be such a problem but going from BSD to Linux for mail system? OK, I am
> > not a big fan of Linux, I must confess, but using something rock solid
> > and on email, I know of none that come close to OpenBSD for stability ,
> > security and all. That would make their stuff install and forget for
> > ever! Call that good marketing, that's what company wants, install and
> > forget.
> >
> > But sure good writing as usual and I hope they listen to you too Nick.
> > They couldn't have someone more convincing to listen too!
>
> Thanks for all the information. You are, of cause, right about the
> quality of Adaptec cards. Any suggestions for a nice and not too
> expensive 32/64bit PCI hardware RAID card supporting RAID 5 and maybe
> even 6?
>
>
> Michael
