Hi, Am 10.11.2009 07:56, schrieb Daniel Ouellet: >> Punchline: I had a chat with one of the top techs at this >> mail system provider, and told him about the OpenBSD >> experience with Adaptec. He told me they have come to the >> same conclusion and that their next generation product would >> have a much better (by OpenBSD standards) manufacturer for >> the RAID systems... > > More of a punch line would be if they actually see the light for real as > well and use OpenBSD instead with softraid and all. Wouldn't that be the > killer. They already know about BSD, so using OpenBSD shouldn't really > be such a problem but going from BSD to Linux for mail system? OK, I am > not a big fan of Linux, I must confess, but using something rock solid > and on email, I know of none that come close to OpenBSD for stability , > security and all. That would make their stuff install and forget for > ever! Call that good marketing, that's what company wants, install and > forget. > > But sure good writing as usual and I hope they listen to you too Nick. > They couldn't have someone more convincing to listen too!
Thanks for all the information. You are, of cause, right about the quality of Adaptec cards. Any suggestions for a nice and not too expensive 32/64bit PCI hardware RAID card supporting RAID 5 and maybe even 6? Michael
