[wlug_org] Linux hardware

[Ewen McNeill]

In message <20050814050423.6292D9E4F3@smtp-2.paradise.net.nz>, Michael Dittmer writes:
>May I please post to the wellylug list the following message? [....]
>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.

Sure.  Asking for people to sell it to you would be a problem.  Asking
for someone to suggest what card to get is fine; learning from other
people's experiences is after all the point of the group.

Ewen

PS: The Linux software RAID is pretty good these days, and I'd recommend
    using it over most cheap PATA/SATA "hardware" RAID cards.  (The
    performance is usually better than even cheap real hardware RAID
    cards like the cheaper 3Ware ones.)