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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 



  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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