Hello, I am running a server on the Promise Integrated RAID controller on an ASUS motherboard. I have a pair of 100G drives mirrored and use the ataraid subsystem to run them under RedHat 7.3 I had to install using normal ATA, compile a kernel to support the RAID controller, and then move the drive to the RAID controller and mirror it to the other one. Luckily RedHat defaulted to use the partition label to mount my volumes, which saved a lot of headaches. If you look at the source for the promise controller, it says "Version 0.03beta" which made me quite worried. However, so far it runs without a hitch, and I have put it through some severe stress testing. It performs solidly, but a bit slowly. Linux software RAID is at least 3 times as fast. I think this is mainly because hdparms won't allow me to enable DMA transfers on the drives attached to the promise controller. So, bottom line: it works fine for a home server holding a LOT of files, where reliability is the most important thing. For brute force performance, go SCSI. Dave... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ola Fransson" <olafransson@xxxxxxx> To: "ataraid maillist" <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:00 AM Subject: What to choose > Greetings. > > Im going to by 6 ata raid controllers, and i have a prore budget, what card > should i by? > does you know that it is compatible. > Why should i choose that whan and what should i not choose :D > thanx > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list >
