On Thursday 11 January 2001 19:49, Federico Sevilla III fingered:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 at 13:52, Ronald Yeo wrote:
> >One reason I'm keen on this particular m/b is it's support for 8 IDE
> >devices(good for some of my older disks lying around), but I'm afraid
> >there's no support in Linux for IDE RAID.
>
> Linux does support both hardware and software IDE RAID. It depends on what
> hardware IDE RAID controller you're tlaking about, though. 3Ware's
> Escalade controllers are good, albeit a little pricey. They're also very
> well supported by the Linux kernel, as they've been doing their part to
> ensure this. Last check, the 3W-6400 controller (UDMA/66, 4 channels, four
> drives, hardware RAID 0, 1, 0+1) was HK$2200 FOB/HK.
>
> You may want to check what controller this particular mobo uses, and make
> sure the latest Linux kernel (or whatever you decide to use) supports it.
> Another thing you can do is get your dual CPU mobo here, and then get a
> 3Ware controller from Hong Kong or Singapore. :)
The RAID controller is the HP 370 (built-in), although that's not my primary
concern for this mobo. Unfortunately, it is not dual CPU. I think MAJ
Mercado is correct about availability of dual CPU mobos for the AMD; I have
looked around some sites and have not seen hide or hair of it.
Another mistaken concept here is that this box is going to be a server; it is
only going to be a server for my home network comprising of 2 notebooks and
one desktop.
Really appreciate all the comments so far, especially with regards to the
RAID - more reason to buy the mobo. TIme to go looking again and brush up on
the HOWTOs.. Later..
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Cheers,
Ronald
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