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From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Disk striping?
Date: 17 May 1996 14:45:50 -0700
Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA
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In article <neely-1705960911460001@epimetheus.frii.com>,
Andrew Neely <neely@frii.net> wrote:
>I'm considering a striped drive array for our local News server. Can
>anyone point me to a solid package for striping under FreeBSD 2.1?
>
>Pros/cons of this approach are also appreciated. I have 12 gig across 5
>drives that I want to mash into one logical array (single FAST/synchronous
>controller on a Pentium box).


I thought the striping controller was beta - unstable at best?

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