Re: Fw: Question about RAID solutions

2000-05-04 Thread Ulf Zimmermann
On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 11:30:24AM -0400, Jim Flowers wrote: > I'm just starting to look at this. The only hardware option appears to > be dpt and then only for almost-obsolete modules. Raid 5 for vinum FreeBSD 4.0 supports others then the DPT. I personal use the Mylex Acceleraid 250, which w

Re: Fw: Question about RAID solutions

2000-05-04 Thread Mike Smith
> Hi, > I sent this to questions yesterday and got no response. Anyone here care > to take a stab at it for me? Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm looking for a RAID 5 solution for FreeBSD. I'd like suggestions on > > well supported hardware solutions, although I'm not against using vinum

Re: Fw: Question about RAID solutions

2000-05-04 Thread Mike Smith
> I'm just starting to look at this. The only hardware option appears to > be dpt and then only for almost-obsolete modules. Raid 5 for vinum > requires a license at present. It may not be what you want. I don't know what you're looking at, then. Have a look at http://people.freebsd.org/~ms

Re: Fw: Question about RAID solutions

2000-05-04 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Jim Flowers wrote: > > I'm just starting to look at this. The only hardware option appears to > be dpt and then only for almost-obsolete modules. Raid 5 for vinum > requires a license at present. It may not be what you want. It does??? I was under the impression that it *didn't* anymore for a

Re: Fw: Question about RAID solutions

2000-05-04 Thread Jim Flowers
I'm just starting to look at this. The only hardware option appears to be dpt and then only for almost-obsolete modules. Raid 5 for vinum requires a license at present. It may not be what you want. I am currently configuring a Raid 10 system with 4 - 4.5 GB scsi ultra drives. That's two st

Re: Fw: Question about RAID solutions

2000-05-04 Thread Josef Grosch
On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 09:54:03AM -0500, Drew Sanford wrote: > Hi, > I sent this to questions yesterday and got no response. Anyone here care > to take a stab at it for me? Thanks. www.avistor.com It's a SCSI-to-SCSI raid unit. I've buildt over 100 servers using their units and never had a

Fw: Question about RAID solutions

2000-05-04 Thread Drew Sanford
Hi, I sent this to questions yesterday and got no response. Anyone here care to take a stab at it for me? Thanks. Drew Sanford Systems Administrator Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Drew Sanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 03,