Re: any progress on 2.2.10 patch?

1999-07-03 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Eric Ladner wrote: > My secret to success? Get the latest APPROVED kernels (mentioned > on this list), apply the latest patches from ftp.kernel.org, and run > the latest raidtools from that same site. As for kernel upgrades, > unless it fixes some pain for you, why up a min

Smart Controller problems

1999-07-03 Thread Tomas Schonfeldt
Hi!   I recently got my hands on a smart array pci controller and I'm wondering if I can use this in a non-compaq computer. I tried to plug it in my cumputer, but it isn't detected by the Compaq Array Config Utils... :( Neither does it show in the pci device listing. Is it broken or do I ju

Re: special cable for UDMA

1999-07-03 Thread Tom Livingston
Joel Fowler wrote: > Brian Haymore wrote: > >I have used standard and the UDMA/66 cables and they both get the same > >performance. The drives are not able to sustain more then about > >12-18MB/sec on block IO They can burst to bus speed(33 or 66) but > >not sustain it. No vendor even claim

Raid-1 migration advise needed -and- Re: special cable for UDMA

1999-07-03 Thread Joel Fowler
Brian, My information (I assume) reflects a sustainable transfer rate between disk buffers and central memory. We both know there's a lot more to disk I/O than buffer transfers. I am building a web service based on RH Linux 6.0. I'm using a 450 MHz Pentium II w/ .5GB. I have invested in two WD