WOW, that's a lot of TV!!! 4x200GB @ RAID5 = 600GB. I've been talking with a local system integrator about doing SATA Raid 5 with Linux (Red Hat Enterprise to be specific), and they are not recommending the promise controllers for Linux. They are recommending the 3ware 4 or 8 drive controller for my specific needs. I've been reading reviews online about SATA drives and controllers, and I would tend to agree with the Systems Integrator. Check out www.techrepublic.com. There have been a couple of good items posted in the past week on SATA technology in general. Paul C. > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Benjamin J. Weiss > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 2:46 PM > To: Redhat List > Subject: SATA Raid 5 recommendation? > > All, > > I'm currently planning to put together a MythTV Personal Video Recorder > (PVR) box using an AMD Athlon XP 2100+ box that I have at home. > > I would like to have enough HD space so that I can store more than just a > few hours of TV shows (so that when we go on vacation, we won't miss > anything). I've been thinking of putting in an SATA RAID 5. The > motherboard I have doesn't support SATA, so I was thinking of buying a > Promise RAID 5 SATA controller. > > 1) Are the Promise RAID 5 SATA controller's well supported under Redhat? > > 2) Has anybody had good/bad experiences with them or any other brand? > > I'm planning on putting 4 - 200Gb SATA drives on it, and want something > that's going to have decent performance. > > Thanks! > > Ben > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
