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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.radio.cz!CESspool!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!mr.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!gail.ripco.com!dr From: dr@ripco.com (David Richards) 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: 5 Feb 1997 21:38:51 GMT Organization: Ripco Communications Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5daulb$5g0$1@gail.ripco.com> References: <5daq8h$1oji@node6.frontiernet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rci.ripco.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35099 comp.periphs.scsi:69855 comp.arch.storage:12226 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:89981 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!