ATA / SATA RAID-5 solutions
I'm surfing for a ATA/SATA RAID-5 controller for use with Linux. I need it to be "transparent" in the way that all disk activity must be taken care of on board by the controller. No software must be involved in taking care of the RAID subsystem. So, 100% hardware RAID, it must be bootable, i.e. look like one single disk to the system. Can I please get some guidance to what solutions there are? Anders Norrbring
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 10:46, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I'm surfing for a ATA/SATA RAID-5 controller for use with Linux.
I need it to be "transparent" in the way that all disk activity must be taken care of on board by the controller. No software must be involved in taking care of the RAID subsystem.
So, 100% hardware RAID, it must be bootable, i.e. look like one single disk to the system.
Can I please get some guidance to what solutions there are?
To answer your question: The Best (Garunteed to work, cause no problems, and hit your pocket the hardest) are the cards from www.3ware.com They've been working on linux even before SATA was supported. Jerry
Anders Norrbring
Jerome wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] ATA / SATA RAID-5 solutions' on Fri, Sep 17 at 04:01:
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 10:46, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I'm surfing for a ATA/SATA RAID-5 controller for use with Linux.
I need it to be "transparent" in the way that all disk activity must be taken care of on board by the controller. No software must be involved in taking care of the RAID subsystem.
So, 100% hardware RAID, it must be bootable, i.e. look like one single disk to the system.
Can I please get some guidance to what solutions there are?
To answer your question:
The Best (Garunteed to work, cause no problems, and hit your pocket the hardest) are the cards from www.3ware.com They've been working on linux even before SATA was supported.
Opinion seconded. --Danny, running several 3ware RAID cards right now
To answer your question:
The Best (Garunteed to work, cause no problems, and hit your pocket the hardest) are the cards from www.3ware.com They've been working on linux even before SATA was supported.
Opinion seconded.
--Danny, running several 3ware RAID cards right now
I run several 3ware solutions as well. No major problems, no failures, and great functionality. But the "hit your pocket the hardest" line I have to disagree with. 3ware may cost a little more than a Promise, but it is still a low cost solution compared to other hardware raid solutions. Greg -- Greg Freemyer
To answer your question:
The Best (Garunteed to work, cause no problems, and hit your pocket the hardest) are the cards from www.3ware.com They've been working on linux even before SATA was supported.
Opinion seconded.
--Danny, running several 3ware RAID cards right now
I run several 3ware solutions as well. No major problems, no failures, and great functionality.
But the "hit your pocket the hardest" line I have to disagree with.
3ware may cost a little more than a Promise, but it is still a low cost solution compared to other hardware raid solutions.
Thanks to all of you! I've spent some time surfing around but didn't find much worth making a decision from. It seems like the Promis solutions doesn't support RAID entirely in hardware, but needs CPU intervention and specialised drivers. Not good. Adaptec doesn't give any info worth mentioning, and buy-to-try isn't really a good option. 3ware on the other hand are really well seen almost everywhere, but I have no experience whatsoever with their products, that's why I popped the question, to get some feedback from people using a S/ATA RAID solution successfully. 3ware it'll be! Again, thanks! Anders.
Hi Anders, Just for extra information's sake, Tom's Hardware recently did a group test on a bunch of SATA controllers. -- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za
Anders Norrbring wrote:
Thanks to all of you! 3ware it'll be!
I've been following with interest and also am grateful for the answers. I too am looking to buy RAID but I'd like to buy a complete box, not just the controller. I'm paid to do other things than build and maintain boxes and I've spent far too much time on SATA boxes already! So, can anybody recommend a box incorporating a 3ware controller, supporting about 6 drives, running Suse and available with local support in the UK? Thanks and regards, Dave
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