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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.orst.edu!news.nero.net!not-for-mail From: Steve Logue <logue@engr.orst.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, Subject: Re: Low cost RAID controller for FreeBSD? Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 16:39:20 -0800 Organization: Network for Education and Research in Oregon Lines: 30 Message-ID: <32F92838.446B9B3D@engr.orst.edu> References: <5daq8h$1oji@node6.frontiernet.net> <5daulb$5g0$1@gail.ripco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: logues.rhn.orst.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-970201-GAMMA0 i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35207 comp.periphs.scsi:70063 comp.arch.storage:12271 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:90275 David Richards wrote: > > In article <5daq8h$1oji@node6.frontiernet.net>, > Dan Foster <dsf@node6.frontiernet.net> wrote: > >Howdy! > > Looking to see if there are any SCSI RAID controllers supported > >by FreeBSD (2.1.6-RELEASE)? Reason is, I want parity and possibly mirroring > >capacity for only a few drives. (Read: no need for some expensive 20 GB > >RAID chassis). I wouldn't mind using the ccd driver, except that the idea > >that if I lose a drive in the ccd set, I lose that filesystem entirely is > >making me a bit nervous. ;-) > > If you can afford to buy a commercial Unix, both SCO and Solaris x86 > support the Mylex RAID controller. I'd love to see Mylex supported under > FreeBSD, it is good hardware. > -- > David Richards Ripco, since Nineteen-Eighty-Three > My opinions are my own, Public Access in Chicago > But they are available for rental Shell/SLIP/PPP/UUCP/ISDN/Leased > dr@ripco.com (773) 665-0065 !Free Usenet/E-Mail! DPT is better hardware, and they cost less! They are providing the source code to their BSDI driver which supports their entire line of SCSI, and RAID controllers on their FTP site. Check 'em out: http://www.dpt.com ftp://ftp.dpt.com/pub/techsup/SCIV/software/drivers/unix/bsdi21/ -STEVEl