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RE: [SLE] Installing SuSE 9.2 onto Adaptec HostRaid
- From: "Richard Mixon (qwest)" <rnmixon@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:27:07 -0700
- Message-id: <DKELJBPNDHJEECCAEPGOKECPKKAA.rnmixon@xxxxxxxxx>
In the last year and a half I have twice tried to get Adaptec's
less-expesive zero slot/channel raid cards (e.g. 2015S) to work in my
Tyan Opteron motherboards. First with SuSE SLES8, then with SLES 9. My
server integrator worked with Adaptec and Tyan both times for a total of
six weeks - but no joy.
In both cases we have gone with Intel SRCU42L RAID cards and been quite
happy. They are about twice as much as the zero-channel RAID cards ($450
US versus about $215 US) BUT ... they just work. I've had to hack
together the RAID monitoring utility (icp_utils) but they seem to work
reasonably.
But the Intel card has more than paid for itself - even if I just value
my time at $5 per hour :)
Adaptec's HostRaid solution is an attempt to compete against inexpensive
(no-processor) ATA RAID solutions without cannibalizing their full
function RAID controllers. And they do not seem to want to support Linux
with their less expensive adapters - either HostRaid or zero-channel
RAID.
HTH - Richard
BTW: Yes, its a little ironic I'm using an Intel RAID adapter in AMD
processor powered servers.
Fergus Wilde wrote:
> On Friday 25 February 2005 01:16, Philipp Thomas wrote:
>> Angus Beath <abeath@xxxxxxxxx> [Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:31:59 +1100]:
>>> It's unfortunate that I cannot get hardware raid to work,
>>
>> Complain to Adaptec who don't want to offer an open source driver or
>> at least the specs to enable the community to come up with a driver.
>>
>> Philipp
>
> Certainly take Philipp's point here, but since Adaptec won't cough
> up, *is* there a good U320 hardware raid card that works flawlessy
> with SuSE 9.2? I tried the hardware database but (as not infrequently
> with the hcd) didn't seem to find devices mentioned that I was able
> to actually source in the shops. Perhaps I am not searching it right
> ...
> Cheers
> Fergus
>
> --
> Fergus Wilde
> Chetham's Library
> Long Millgate
> Manchester
> M3 1SB
>
> Tel: +44 161 834 7961
> Fax: +44 161 839 5797
>
> http://www.chethams.org.uk
less-expesive zero slot/channel raid cards (e.g. 2015S) to work in my
Tyan Opteron motherboards. First with SuSE SLES8, then with SLES 9. My
server integrator worked with Adaptec and Tyan both times for a total of
six weeks - but no joy.
In both cases we have gone with Intel SRCU42L RAID cards and been quite
happy. They are about twice as much as the zero-channel RAID cards ($450
US versus about $215 US) BUT ... they just work. I've had to hack
together the RAID monitoring utility (icp_utils) but they seem to work
reasonably.
But the Intel card has more than paid for itself - even if I just value
my time at $5 per hour :)
Adaptec's HostRaid solution is an attempt to compete against inexpensive
(no-processor) ATA RAID solutions without cannibalizing their full
function RAID controllers. And they do not seem to want to support Linux
with their less expensive adapters - either HostRaid or zero-channel
RAID.
HTH - Richard
BTW: Yes, its a little ironic I'm using an Intel RAID adapter in AMD
processor powered servers.
Fergus Wilde wrote:
> On Friday 25 February 2005 01:16, Philipp Thomas wrote:
>> Angus Beath <abeath@xxxxxxxxx> [Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:31:59 +1100]:
>>> It's unfortunate that I cannot get hardware raid to work,
>>
>> Complain to Adaptec who don't want to offer an open source driver or
>> at least the specs to enable the community to come up with a driver.
>>
>> Philipp
>
> Certainly take Philipp's point here, but since Adaptec won't cough
> up, *is* there a good U320 hardware raid card that works flawlessy
> with SuSE 9.2? I tried the hardware database but (as not infrequently
> with the hcd) didn't seem to find devices mentioned that I was able
> to actually source in the shops. Perhaps I am not searching it right
> ...
> Cheers
> Fergus
>
> --
> Fergus Wilde
> Chetham's Library
> Long Millgate
> Manchester
> M3 1SB
>
> Tel: +44 161 834 7961
> Fax: +44 161 839 5797
>
> http://www.chethams.org.uk
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