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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
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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