From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Steve Fairbairn <steve@fairbairn-family.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Any inexpensive hardware recommendations for PCI interface cards?
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:56:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47AC5162.4080700@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11ae01c86a44$aff357a0$0603a8c0@meanmachine>
Steve Fairbairn wrote:
> Can anyone see any issues with what I'm trying to do?
>
No.
> Are there any known issues with IT8212 cards (They worked as straight
> disks on linux fine)?
>
No idea, don't have that card.
> Is anyone using an array with disks on PCI interface cards?
>
Works. I've mixed PATA, SATA, onboard, PCI, and firewire (lack of
controllers is the mother of invention). As long as the device under the
raid works, the raid should work.
> Is there an issue with mixing motherboard interfaces and PCI card based
> ones?
>
Not that I've found.
> Does anyone recommend any inexpensive (probably SATA-II) PCI interface
> cards?
>
Not I. Large drives have have cured me of FrankenRAID setups recently,
other than to build little arrays out of USB devices for backup.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
"Woe unto the statesman who makes war without a reason that will still
be valid when the war is over..." Otto von Bismark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-08 12:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-08 11:21 Any inexpensive hardware recommendations for PCI interface cards? Steve Fairbairn
2008-02-08 11:47 ` Tim Southerwood
2008-02-08 12:56 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2008-02-08 13:54 ` Justin Piszcz
2008-02-08 19:01 ` Iustin Pop
2008-02-08 19:24 ` Justin Piszcz
2008-02-08 19:38 ` Iustin Pop
2008-02-08 19:40 ` Justin Piszcz
2008-02-08 21:27 ` Jeff Breidenbach
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