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[Alan T. Miller]

I do not reccomend the Promise Controller if you plan to run Linux. I got
stuck with two machines that had a built in promise IDE RAID controller and
ended up having to disable the onborad promise controllerse and go with
software RAID because they do not support the latest linux kernels. If you
do not mind running outdated kernels with security problems, than perhaps
the promise controller will be fine. If you are a concerned linux admin,
than it is best to steer clear of the promise RAID controller all together.

Alan



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Bielanski" <Cbielanski at inta.org>
To: "'NYPHP Talk'" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:51 AM
Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] OT - IDE Raid cards


> Everyone I know that has needed this functionality in a moderate- to
> low-cost solution goes with Promise100 controllers and multiple identical
> drives of their own liking, though most end up being Western Digital.
> ~C
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Evan Heller [mailto:evan.heller at alum.rpi.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:23 PM
> > To: evan.heller at alum.rpi.edu
> > Subject: [nycphp-talk] OT - IDE Raid cards
> >
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > I'm looking for opinions on what IDE raid cards are good
> > performers and cost
> > wise what is suggested. I'm looking to do simple mirroring
> > and the ability
> > to have 4 or more drives. Yes, I understand IDE raid is not
> > as good as SCSI
> > raid at the moment and I do use SCSI raid for my primary
> > systems, but I
> > would like to implement an IDE raid for backup purposes. I
> > currently use a
> > scsi perc 3 card with 128 megs of memory so I'm used to the
> > feature set of a
> > card of that type.
> >
> > So what do you guys recommend? Please list features/cost .
> > Thanks a bunch
> >
> > -Evan
> >
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