Re: PCI Based RAID Controller for Linux Suggestions?

2000-03-12 Thread John Leach
CTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 7:17 AM Subject: Re: PCI Based RAID Controller for Linux Suggestions? >On 9 Mar, List User wrote: >[clip] >> 1) has a minimum of 2 (preferred 3+) seperate scsi channels >>BOTH internal a

Re: PCI Based RAID Controller for Linux Suggestions?

2000-03-12 Thread rcarter
On 9 Mar, List User wrote: [clip] > 1) has a minimum of 2 (preferred 3+) seperate scsi channels >BOTH internal and externally usuable. > > 2) Can handle LVD & Ultra 3 devices > > 3) Has good support under Linux, and not just RedHat. (We roll > our own distributions here so anything wit

Re: PCI Based RAID Controller for Linux Suggestions?

2000-03-10 Thread Hector Herrera
>DPT >I've heard has a SmartRaid VI card that looks good but don't >know about Linux support or any other problems that might be >with it. (Or performance for that matter). I noticed on DPT's web site that they have source code form drivers. Check the list of supported oses in: http://www.dpt.

RE: PCI Based RAID Controller for Linux Suggestions?

2000-03-10 Thread Matthew Clark
Hi there.. I can't tell you the best controller, but I can share my experiences so far with the Megaraid cards.. I have a 3 Channel LVD controller.. my 5x18.2Gb Disk RAID 5 array is spread over the three channels to avoid bottlenecks..(2 disks on channels 0,1 and 1 disk on channel 2) I have opti

PCI Based RAID Controller for Linux Suggestions?

2000-03-09 Thread List User
I am about ready (2 months-4 months) to migrate all of my software RAID volumes over to a hardware raid solution (for easier hot-swapping, and higher level of hardware fault tolerance)) I am looking for something that: 1) has a minimum of 2 (preferred 3+) seperate scsi channels BOTH internal