RAID controllers

[Daniel Foster]

> > I'm making a server based on FreeBSD, and it needs to be runnning RAID,
> > for obvious reasons.  Can anyone recommend a RAID controller card
> > that's available and is supported by FreeBSD (I have consulted the
> > hardware compatibility list a bit...)?  If so, can you recommend a
> > place that stocks them?
> 
> I always use Mylex, and yes we can supply them :-)

:-)  Kept on list for the benefit of anyone either reading or looking
through the archives, where there's not a lot about this topic.

> There's a wide range though, how many disks will you be using and what
> are they?

We'll be using 3 36.7Gb U160 IBM Ultrastars (unless anyone really
recommends anything else...) in a RAID5 configuration and hot-pluggableness
is essential.

So what would you recommend and at what cost does it come?

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Daniel Foster - daniel at 34SP.com