On Thursday, 25. October 2001 22:03, Warren Togami wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hans-Peter Jansen" <hpj@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:45 AM > Subject: Fwd: Multiple PDC20268 based sw/hw raid really working with linux? > > > Hi, > > > > > > The promise folks claim working linux support for their IDE product line. > > While failed in setting up a very simple config with 2 * TX2 and UDMA > > (see forwarded message below), and googling around a bit, I ask myself, > > how stable/fast other PDC20268 based raid solutions are? > > Are their drivers open source, and/or keeping current with the latest Linux > kernel source trees? If not, I would not consider them to be a viable > solution for most uses. At least the basic PDC202xx silicon is supported in the latest kernels. But I tend to believe, my problems are chipset/pci incompatibilities. > Have you thought about 3Ware Escalade IDE RAID controllers? They work very > well with mature, open source Linux drivers. A real hardware based > solution I believe. Unfortunately they are leaving the market by the end > of this year, but they are still available in some retail channels. I'm > ordering a few of them from here this week to get around the Promise > FastTrak limitations in Linux... > http://www.hypermicro.com/store/index.htm Are you going to run raid 5 on them, or some software raid? Thought about it, but I need fast and stable hw which is available next year too. Lack of documentation on their web site and a few reported occurences of silent corruption with this cards (firmware related) doesn't appeal me as well. Well, it's a mess, currently. I'm curious about my TX4 tests tomorrow. If they fail, I will go and rethink that scsi thing again... Read U Hans-Peter
