Similar setup here, but Gigabyte Board with Promise 133 "Lite" + 40GB Maxtors.. and it's been solid so far (once the initial setup was done). Dave, I found it to be slow too to start, but finding the right kernel version sorted out the performance issue for me. 2.4.18 was dog slow (no dma being used) but 2.4.19-rc1 was plenty fast. Anyway, as has been posted before, if you are on a real tight budget, don't bother with ataraid - the setup hassle currently isn't worth it, IMHO, depending on your system. Just get some fast but cheaper non-RAID ATA controllers and use Linux softraid. Either that, or spend the money and go for 3ware hardware ATA RAID or SCSI hardware RAID. If you want more info, can you post your intended purpose / setup to the list? Eg, why 6 controllers? Cheers, Rich. On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 07:41, Dave Stubbs wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
