From: Brad Campbell <brad@wasp.net.au>
To: chris <linux_mail@rozpooh.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SATA chipset recomendations
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:44:54 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40C6CE06.8050907@wasp.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200406082012.58968.linux_mail@rozpooh.com>
chris wrote:
> I want to setup a Linux software RAID 1 / Mirror array in the 2.6 kernel. I
> am looking for feedback regarding the best supported SATA chipsets. Do any
> of these cards stick out as having better driver support? Can you reccommend
> another card I have not mentioned?
>
> (I am not wanting to spend the big bucks on hardware RAID, so I am not much
> interested the expensive 3Ware or Adaptec cards)
>
> Promise SATA150 TX4 ~ $65
> (I don't really need 4 ports, but, I would not mind having them for future
> use)
I have 3 of these in my server. They are great and I believe Promise supports Jeff with Specs and
Hardware. Support those that support linux!
I used them to replace 2 Highpoint RocketRaid 1540's which worked ok with the Highpoint supplied 2.4
driver but were flaky and limited to about 15MB/s under all 2.4 and 2.6 native drivers that I tried.
My ASUS A7V600 has onboard 2 Channel VIA SATA raid (with the BIOS disabled) and libata runs that
well too.
I also have a Cardbus SIL-3112 based card which works ok also.
I have to say I it's my belief that the Promise cards appear to be the best supported natively. They
would be my bet anyway. With 1 SATA150 and 3 drives I can max out the PCI bus easily, with 3 cards
and 10 drives it's out of the park.
Regards,
Brad
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-09 8:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-09 1:12 SATA chipset recomendations chris
2004-06-09 4:41 ` John Lange
2004-06-09 7:59 ` David Greaves
2004-06-09 7:08 ` Måns Rullgård
2004-06-09 10:33 ` Nick Maynard
2004-06-09 10:56 ` David Greaves
2004-06-09 11:36 ` Måns Rullgård
2004-06-09 15:37 ` Marc Bevand
2004-06-09 13:51 ` Lars Gaarden
2004-06-09 8:44 ` Brad Campbell [this message]
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