Hello. I am looking to build a new system and would like to setup a RAID 1 array with two 200GB SATA hard drives. The system will be running OpenSUSE v10. Can anyone recommend a good SATA RAID controller? How well does SATA RAID behave with SUSE Linux? Thank you! Jesse
At 01:06 PM 3/25/2006 -0500, you wrote:
I am looking to build a new system and would like to setup a RAID 1 array with two 200GB SATA hard drives. The system will be running OpenSUSE v10. Can anyone recommend a good SATA RAID controller? How well does SATA RAID behave with SUSE Linux?
This article, called "Serial ATA (SATA) chipsets Linux support status" is absolutely required reading: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html He explains the difference between "real raid" under linux and "fake raid" and why you care. -T [SF] Some of the colonists objected to having an anatomically correct android running around without any clothes on --Juliana Soong (Inheritance) --... ...-- -.. . -. ----. --.- --.- -... tpeters@nospam.mixcom.com (remove "nospam") N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) WEB ADDRESS http//www.mixweb.com/tpeters 43° 7' 17.2" N by 88° 6' 28.9" W, Elevation 815', Grid Square EN53wc WAN/LAN/Telcom Analyst, Tech Writer, MCP, CCNA, Registered Linux User 385531
On Saturday 25 March 2006 21:54, Tom Peters wrote:
At 01:06 PM 3/25/2006 -0500, you wrote:
I am looking to build a new system and would like to setup a RAID 1 array with two 200GB SATA hard drives. The system will be running OpenSUSE v10. Can anyone recommend a good SATA RAID controller? How well does SATA RAID behave with SUSE Linux?
This article, called "Serial ATA (SATA) chipsets Linux support status" is absolutely required reading:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
He explains the difference between "real raid" under linux and "fake raid" and why you care.
-T
Thanks Tom! This will be most useful. Jesse
On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 13:06 -0500, Jesse L. Purdom wrote:
Hello.
I am looking to build a new system and would like to setup a RAID 1 array with two 200GB SATA hard drives. The system will be running OpenSUSE v10. Can anyone recommend a good SATA RAID controller? How well does SATA RAID behave with SUSE Linux?
If you want a hardware raid controller, i.e. not the cheapo stuff you get on motherboards, have a look at the Adaptec card. I have a couple of them in client servers (all on Raid-5, but it can do Raid-1) and they just work, and performance is good. I have heard good things of 3ware too, but I have yet to get my grubby little paws one one... Hans
I should also mention that if you're not particularly fussed about hardware Raid, then using your onboard SATA and simply doing a kernel based software raid works very well for Raid-1. Hans
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