Sata Raid Controller for 64 bit?
"Andy" <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:06:59 +0300
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0145_01C5D313.46B0ABF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi to all,=20 We have a Fujitsu Siemens Econel 200 Server. 2x Intel Xeon 2.8, 2x SATA = HDD. Suse 9.1 64 Prof is installed. At the moment we are using a software raid, but we want to buy 2 more = HDD's and implement a 0+1 or 1+0 RAID.=20 I looked over and over about raid controllers, have found from 120 = EURO's to 1000 EURO's but there seems to be a little problematic the = Suse 64 driver.=20 A very convenient driver would be the=20 Promise FastTrack S150 TX4 or=20 SX4 controller=20 but I still don't know if the drivers are quite functional.=20 The tx4 seems faster as the sx4 but has no 64 driver.=20 We had in the past some problems with hardware raid controller on suse.=20 Does anyone uses some good raid controllers and could give me some = informations?=20 Regards,=20 Andy. ------=_NextPart_000_0145_01C5D313.46B0ABF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi to all, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We have a Fujitsu Siemens Econel 200 = Server. 2x=20 Intel Xeon 2.8, 2x SATA HDD. Suse 9.1 64 Prof is = installed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>At the moment we are using a software = raid, but we=20 want to buy 2 more HDD's and implement a 0+1 or 1+0 RAID. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I looked over and over about raid = controllers, have=20 found from 120 EURO's to 1000 EURO's but there seems to be a = little=20 problematic the Suse 64 driver. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A very convenient driver would be the = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Promise FastTrack S150=20 TX4 or </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>SX4 controller </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>but I still don't know if the drivers = are quite=20 functional. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The tx4 seems faster as the sx4 but has = no 64=20 driver. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We had in the past some problems with = hardware raid=20 controller on suse. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Does anyone uses some good raid = controllers and=20 could give me some informations? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andy.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0145_01C5D313.46B0ABF0--