Elvis Chen wrote:
Greetings,
I'm in the process of constructing a high-end computer for my lab. One of the thing we would like to have is a RAID5 file system that we can use as a backup system. Upon a little of searching on the web, it looks like Highpoint's RocketRAID 1640 is a cheap/decent choice.
The manufacture has driver support to tp Suse 9.0 (for AMD64). I'm here to seek you opinion; has anyone use it, what do you think, and whether this card will work under Suse 9.1?
Also, will I be able to create a bootable RAID5 (no MS-Windows installation) under Suse 9.1?
I went with a 3ware 8506-4LP card and it has worked well with suse 9.1. I have 3 - 250gb sata drives in a raid 5 configuration that I use for bulk storage. Its not nearly as fast as a scsi raid array but for the price its a good deal. With the 3ware card the raid array is configured in the bios. The OS sees the raid 5 array as a single drive. It basically looks like one big scsi drive to linux. Linux doesn't even know it's raid 5. You can partition it as you wish and boot off it without a problem. The only problems I've heard of are that certain pci-x riser cards cause a problem. So check that out first if you happen to need a riser card. Also, suse 9.0 may not install properly if I recall. There was a defect in the driver at that time. 9.1 installs and runs fine. Mark