RE: Sata Raid Controller for 64 bit?

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From: Jack Malone [mailto:[email protected]]=20
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 4:18 AM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Sata Raid Controller for 64 bit?

At 04:06 AM 10/17/2005, Andy wrote:
>Hi to all,
>
>We have a Fujitsu Siemens Econel 200 Server. 2x Intel Xeon 2.8, 2x=20
>SATA HDD. Suse 9.1 64 Prof is installed.
>
>At the moment we are using a software raid, but we want to buy 2=20
>more HDD's and implement a 0+1 or 1+0 RAID.
>I looked over and over about raid controllers, have found from 120=20
>EURO's  to 1000 EURO's but there seems to be a little problematic=20
>the Suse 64 driver.
>
>A very convenient driver would be the
>Promise FastTrack S150 TX4 or
>SX4 controller
>but I still don't know if the drivers are quite functional.
>
>The tx4 seems faster as the sx4 but has no 64 driver.
>
>We had in the past some problems with hardware raid controller on suse.
>
>Does anyone uses some good raid controllers and could give me some=20
>informations?
>
>I have been using 3ware sata raid on two different machines here at=20
>work with amd 64 cpu's in them with no problem. suse has the 3ware=20
>driver built in for years now. been using 3ware raid cards for years=20
>also with no problems. now I am not sure what they cost in=20
>EURO's  since im in the US.


jack


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We also use the 3ware RAID controllers for SATA.  And have had no
problems with them.

-Alain

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