[gentoo-user] OT: advice for HW raid5 controller needed

2005-02-17 Thread Matthias F. Brandstetter
Hi all, I need to build a backup server with at least 3x200gb SATA disks on a hardware raid5. I do not have many good experiences with HW raid controllers under (gentoo) Linux, since the system never saw the raid array, but the seperate disks. So I had to build a software raid over them...

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: advice for HW raid5 controller needed

2005-02-17 Thread aaron
On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 10:31:12PM +0100, Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote: Hi all, I need to build a backup server with at least 3x200gb SATA disks on a hardware raid5. I do not have many good experiences with HW raid controllers under (gentoo) Linux, since the system never saw the raid

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: advice for HW raid5 controller needed

2005-02-17 Thread Matthias F. Brandstetter
-- quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 3Ware is your friend. Check out their SATA RAID controllers. They have kernel support. thanks for your tip! are they supported under 2.4 as well, or only under 2.6? which one should I buy? -- Did you hear that, Marge? She called me a baboon!

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: advice for HW raid5 controller needed

2005-02-17 Thread Matthias F. Brandstetter
-- quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 3Ware is your friend. Check out their SATA RAID controllers. They have kernel support. One more questions: Are there any 3Ware controllers with IDE support as well, which can be used for real hardware arrays under Gentoo Linux? -- Homer: Your