On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 17:35, Jacob S. wrote: > I'm still a little new to the RAID side of the world and the hardware > howto doesn't have the information I'm looking for. > > Does anyone have any recommendations for good hardware RAID(5) > controllers (mainly SCSI, but possibly IDE too) that are supported by > Linux?
MegaRAID has always been good to Linux. Being a DBA, I'd only specify RAID controllers with lots of cache and a battery backup. For rack-mount systems, I'd choose simple raid controllers, and a storage controller (invisible to Linux, since it's behind the RAID controller) that has upwards of 512MB cache and on-line changeable cache batteries. (It's the storage controller that is what the drives plug into. The DEC/Compaq/HP HSZ80 is my favorite. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "All machines, no matter how complex, are considered to be based on 6 simple elements: the lever, the pulley, the wheel and axle, the screw, the wedge and the inclined plane." Marilyn Vos Savant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
