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From: aad@nwnet.net (Anthony Talltree)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: BSDi + AHA2944W + Eclipse RAID
Date: 14 Nov 1996 18:51:35 -0800
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>-) The adaptec cards are not the main target which is supportet by BSDi.
> Read the hardware compatibilty lists
Both BSDI's published list and what they told me in response to a support
ticket are inaccurate.
> I'm pretty sure, that my systems provided with three SCSI controllers
> will show up a better performance.
Go ahead -- list an exact configuration where three SCSI controllers actually
work reliably. I've been trying to do it for the better part of a year.
> you want to use ? Or do you think about the ccd(4) driver ?
BSD/OS doesn't include ccd. 2.1 includes the cd driver, which is really
crufty. 2.2 aka 3.0 is claimed to come with a new striping driver if/when
it ships.
>-) There are supported RAID systems.
^ very expensive
>-) BSD/OS is a real professional and commercial unix system.
Albeit with some major faults -- eg., no real patch management.
>-) Read the great papers written by Paul Vixie about good hardware for
> BSD/OS systems.
They're out of date, though, and don't address large configurations.