Oliver Henlich wrote:
>
> Hi guys!
>
> I'm looking for some advice.
>
> Our IT department is going to buy us a development server for me to put
> Linux onto. They are determined to go with a Hardware RAID solution and a
> multiprocessor motherboard.
Do yourself a favour, and use software RAID. It'll
cost you considerably less, and be much faster.
> So what are your suggestions for a
> - dual proc motherboard
You could do worse than getting a SuperMicro P6DBE +
two Pentium II/III Xeons.
> - RAID controller
See above, but if you really have to get a HW RAID
controller (you've got money to burn and hate high
performance systems, right?-), get the ICP Vortex
controller. It's very well supported by Linux and
their tech support department will deal with Linux-
related requests promptly.
> (preferably something we could get from Compaq/DELL?)
DELL's PERC (PowerEdge RAID Controller) is a expensive
pile of crud. Avoid at all costs. I would go for a
custom-built system. We've had good results from
Penguin Computing (http://www.penguincomputing.com/)
and you might also want to look at VA Research.
Rich.
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