Re: yay raid controller

2006-03-17 Thread Aaron J. Grier
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 08:54:47PM -0500, Chris Devers wrote: > So the hate here is "getting crufty, outmoded DIY kit to do what I > want can be way too complicated, can take way too long to get working, > and may not work as well as more modern off-the-shelf kit" ? that's expected with castoffs l

Re: yay raid controller

2006-03-17 Thread Peter da Silva
On Mar 16, 2006, at 7:54 PM, Chris Devers wrote: So the hate here is "getting crufty, outmoded DIY kit to do what I want can be way too complicated, can take way too long to get working, and may not work as well as more modern off-the-shelf kit" ? Well, and "DEC writing software for wide SCSI d

Re: yay raid controller

2006-03-17 Thread Chris Devers
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Aaron J. Grier wrote: > meanwhile I've got a nice 64bit LSI 53c1010 controller here that > I wish I would've used in the first place... Sorry, I'm confused. So the hate here is "getting crufty, outmoded DIY kit to do what I want can be way too complicated, can take way too

yay raid controller

2006-03-17 Thread Aaron J. Grier
I've got the following in my vintage late 90s alpha 1000A: mlx0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: Mylex RAID (v2 interface) mlx0: interrupting at dec_1000a irq 3 mlx0: DAC960P/PD, 3 channels, firmware 2.70-0-00, 32MB RAM AKA the DEC KZPSC. it's a three-channel hardware raid controller, and is wired int