Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 May 1999 13:45:59 -0400 | From | <> | Subject | Re: what is the "best" RAID 5 scsi controller? |
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Thanks! Mylex is at the top of my list.
Are those motherboards with integrated RAID ultra2 controllers any good? The one I looked at is a Tyan Thunderbold and has a "RAID bus slot" and use an Adaptec 7896.
Mark
> We used DPT RAID5 controllers and since 2 months we changed to Mylex > eXtremeRAID 1100 controller. > > Very good product with perfect drivers for Linux.
mark@hoist.nlcomm.com wrote:
> 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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