Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 May 1999 08:59:24 -0700 | From | Lawrence Walton <> | Subject | Re: what is the "best" RAID 5 scsi controller? |
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On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 09:06:40AM -0400, mark@hoist.nlcomm.com wrote: Mylex makes a couple great raid controlers. My Main server (unfortunatly not Linux) is a DAC960 with 32 megs of cache, raid5 with three 18 gig Seagates. I heard that the Linux Mylex drivers are first rate.
> > I'm building a new server and I get to pick the hardware; so what is > the best "ultra 2" raid 5 controller wrt Linux support? I plan to > have qty. 4 9-gig discs and would like a controller with a good amount > of caching (raid 5 is very dependent on write caching). > > How will it notify me if one of the drives goes out (it will be far, > far away from me in an unattended room)? > > Hot swapping is a bonus but not too important. > > Thanks! > Mark > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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