> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gavin McDonald > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:31 PM > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > Subject: RE: SATA RAID controller recommendations > > further to that, Would a separate partition for /tmp be in order? > > I remember a message about two weeks ago alluding to the fact > that by putting /tmp on its own partition, Nagarjuna Rao > Cherukuri noticed an increase in performance. Should I take > this as a rule, or an anecdote? > > Regards, > -G > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Burke, Thomas G. [mailto:tg.burke@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:05 AM > To: me@xxxxxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: RE: SATA RAID controller recommendations > > I have no direct experience, but I have been told that it > took leavng an IDE in to do the installs, so the installers > could detect. However, he installed to the SATA's, and set > them up as the boot partitions. He claimed it worked after > that, but I can't recall if he left the IDE in or if he took > it out. It may have amounted to using the ide strictly as a > boot device (and maybe swap space). He also told me that he > was seeing ~25-50% disk performance improvement using the SATA's. > > Sorry, that's the only intel I've got. > > -Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gavin McDonald > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:56 PM > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > Subject: RE: SATA RAID controller recommendations > > Just to add my 2c: > > I recently tried getting RHEL to work on a dual-opteron ASUS > board, with dual onboard SATA hardware raid controllers. One > was part of the NVIDIA chipset, the other was a "Silicon > Image" Controller. Long story short, I replaced the SATA > drives with IDE drives instead. > > To start with, I couldn't boot a stable kernel off of the > original Red CDs (Box-Set), so I d/l the latest RHEL3 ISOs, > which at least booted. > (We're a '3' shop until I can migrate _everything_ to 4...). > Now with a stable kernel, the Mfr-Supplied Driver disks were > still useless. Not once was I able to boot to the install > GUI, unless I had an IDE drive attached as well. > > If you can go to RHEL4, the controllers are detected, and the > drives appear in disk druid, however, even with the hardware > BIOS setup for RAID0 or RAID1, the druid shows 2 separate drives... > > So that was my tale of woe, If someone has had better > experiences with either controller, or perhaps notices a flaw > in my logic, (gasp!) please feel free to tell me so. :) > (This is after all, a mailing list ;) > > Regards, > -G > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Chris > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 3:15 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: SATA RAID controller recommendations > > Michael's Stationery----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Cohn > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:54 PM > Subject: SATA RAID controller recommendations > > > I just saw your post from back in November regarding SATA RAID > > controller recommendations. > > > > http://info.ccone.at/INFO/Mil-Archives/redhat/Nov-2004 > > /msg00119.html > > > > What controller did you wind up using? I just purchsaed a Dell > > PowerEdge 420sc with 2x80gb SATA drives and would like to add a > > hardware RAID controller. My plan is to run either Fedora 3/4 or > > SuSe. > > Michael, > > By far the best SATA RAID controllers with great support for > Linux come from > > 3WARE. If you only have 2 drives, you can get away with their basic > (~$120) > > model which can do RAID-0 and RAID-1, the 8006-2LP. It works > great! We have everything they make from the basic 2-port > model all the way up to a 12-port models which run our 3TB > storage backup systems. > > Stay away from Adaptec and Promise controllers. Promise > controllers have serious issues with drivers and stability, > while Adaptec outright abandons brand new products and > doesn't provide almost any Linux support. We had to toss > several dozen of their 'brand new' zero channel SCSI RAID > 2015S controllers because they announced that they would not > provide drivers for kernel 2.6 - meaning FC2 and above, RHEL 4, etc. > They seem to be a "Windows > > only" shop these days. I know it has nothing to do with > SATA, but as a company in general I wouldn't buy any of their > products anymore, not after spending thousands on controllers > that we had to replace less than > 6 months later because Adaptec decided they were going to > support Windows only. > > Chris > > > -- > 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 > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > It depends on if the parition is on a separate physical disk or on the same disk. If it is on the same disk I don't think it matters if it has it's own partition or not. I partition it out so I can put a hard limit on the space. You will definitly get a performance boost if it has it's own drive as activity in /tmp and /var/tmp can be at times very chatty. Albert Smith Sr. Unix Systems Administrator HPCSA, RHCT Genex Services 440 E. Swedesford Rd. Wayne, PA 19087 albert.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (610) 964-5154 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
