[wlug_org] Linux hardware

[Michael Dittmer]

Thanks Ewen

The problem that I have is that my Dual P3 box only has PCI slots and
doesn't support disks bigger then 137GB. SME Server 6 supports soft RAID-1
out of the box (works quite well on a clients server) but not RAID-5, so I
need a card to handle both RAID-5 and disks bigger then 137GB.

I think I'm between a rock and a hard place.  :-[

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: wlug_org-admin@lists.wellylug.org.nz
[mailto:wlug_org-admin@lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Ewen McNeill
Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2005 5:21 p.m.
To: wlug_org@lists.wellylug.org.nz
Subject: Re: [wlug_org] Linux hardware 

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.)

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