Well its not exactly a raid controller as you would normally think of it, but its in the array. Thats because if you for instance plug it into a Fibre channel switch you would see usind the switch managment software that you have a number of devices connected with out an HBA. But if you want to access the drives you need to connect a card. That way when you plug it directly into the card you should be able to see a list of drives when using Disk manager either in NT or 2000. It's all meant to work with very little configuration, almost plug and play type of deal. ----- Original Message ----- From: Austad, Jay <austad at marketwatch.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: RE: [TCLUG] OT (sorta): Sun disk arrays > So, is the raid controller typically contained in the array, or in the fibre > channel card? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Nemchenko [mailto:drew at usfamily.net] > > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:57 PM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] OT (sorta): Sun disk arrays > > > > > > The Sun Fiver channel disk array is platform independent that > > was the entire > > idea of creating Fibre Channel. I know this because I work > > for a Company > > that makes Fibre channel switches and I use all kinds of mass storage > > equiptment to preform performance testing. > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > If what I say offends you then it was probably meant to do so > > > > > > Andrew Nemchenko > > drew at usfamily.net > > Home: 651-681-8572 > > Work: 952-932-4081 > > Pager: 612-264-1737 > > http://www.kuzmich.cjb.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Austad, Jay <austad at marketwatch.com> > > To: TCLUG <tclug-list at lists.real-time.com> > > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 11:24 PM > > Subject: [TCLUG] OT (sorta): Sun disk arrays > > > > > > > No one I ask really seems to know the answer to this > > question. I need to > > > purchase another Sun A5100 Fiber Channel disk array to add > > some capacity > > to > > > a Sun system that we may not have much longer. I NEED the > > space, but > > since > > > we may not be using it for much longer, I need to find a > > way to repurpose > > it > > > before I purchase it. Unfortunately, a half terabyte > > company MP3 server > > > would not be looked very highly upon by the penny pinchers. > > > > > > So, does anyone know if I can use the array with a Windows > > 2000 database > > > server? Does the A5100 have it's own built in RAID > > controller, or is that > > > handled with the Fiber Channel card? If it will work, and > > perform well > > > enough for a huge database under Win2k, I can pass this off > > and use it for > > > as long as I need it, and then give it to another > > department when I'm > > done. > > > > > > If you don't know, can you tell me who I might contact to > > find this out? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Jay > > > _______________________________________________ > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From > > $7.99/mo! ------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $7.99/mo! ------