[wellylug] PCI RAID5 Controller cards + Linux

Michael Dittmer (An Inside Job) michael at inside-job.co.nz
Sun Aug 14 18:09:20 NZST 2005


Thanks Ian

My problem is that my server box doesn't have any PCI-X slots (only PCI
32-bit 33MHz slots). So none of the 3ware cards would work.  :-[

Michael 

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[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Ian Sterling
Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2005 6:04 p.m.
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Subject: Re: [wellylug] PCI RAID5 Controller cards + Linux

I would *highly* reccommend anything by 3Ware.  Their (S)ATA RAID cards are
the best, IHMO.  I've used both ATA and SATA in production machines, and had
little or no problems with them.  They show up to the OS as SCSI devices -
they're true HARDWARE RAID cards.  They're not cheap, but they're well worth
the money and 3Ware has drivers so you can use the gooey, cli, or web-based
tools.

--Ian...

On 8/13/05, Michael Dittmer <michael.dittmer at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I'm looking at purchasing a PCI-based (not PCI-X or PCI-E) RAID-5 
> controller card for my home server.
> 
> I'm not worried if it is PATA or SATA - but it needs to be hardware 
> based and supported in Linux. I would like between 4 - 8 ports.
> 
> I'm not to worried about brand, as long as it works.
> 
> Now the reason I'm asking is that my server box (Dual PIII 1GHz) 
> doesn't support IDE PATA disks larger then 137GB and also SME Server 
> 6.x only supports software RAID-1.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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