=?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Neigaard?= said: > I'm looking for a supported Raid motherboard. Is Shuttle AV40R > Sock478/Raid supported by Debian. I have tried to look at the > hardware support page, but I'm having a hard time finding what I > need. Maybe you guys could aid me :) > > If the shuttle board isn't supported, could anybody suggest a good > raid motherboard?
if you want good raid support the only way to go is SCSI. most of those boards are usually onboard IDE raid. the only IDE raid adapter with good linux support is 3ware. they are not available on any motherboard, their 2port cards are discontinued, and the 4port is the lowest end that they offer. and its no good for raid5, only raid1 and raid10 (raid5 is possible but it has problems). there is promise raid controllers on some boards but i would not use them under linux until their driver support improves dramatically. even the kernel developers say to avoid it and tell promise/motherboard makers to make better drivers available(or specs) for linux. i use 3ware 6800 series 8port cards in 3 different systems, and just ordered another system with a 4port card last week. sofar they work great. just avoid raid5 on em. nate
