Time to give Linux another go, but...

Post #116,860 by qstephens 9/6/03 5:37:25 AM Reply	Time to give Linux another go, but... I have a dual P3-1000 with 4x 100 GB HDDs sitting doing SFA. I could put W2003 Server on it, but I want to broaden my skillset. However, Linux does not natively support the onboard RAID controller (Highpoint 37x) as a RAID controller, and I don't like to trust my data to a non-mirrorred drive. So, I need a cheap RAID controller that supports RAID 0+1 or RAID 5. Yes, I know about software RAID and I'm not interested. qts
Post #116,865 by folkert 9/6/03 9:33:36 AM Reply	Which Highpoint 37x card is it? Because... there seems to be support for it. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* RAIDing your worst nightmare...
Post #116,872 by qstephens 9/6/03 11:04:44 AM Reply	Re: Which Highpoint 37x card is it? It's an Abit VP6 with a HPT 370 RAID controller. The chipset is supported, but not as RAID. qts
Post #116,877 by lordbeatnik 9/6/03 12:39:35 PM Reply	HPT37x is software raid Yes, I know about software RAID and I'm not interested. You do realize the the highpoint stuff is software raid? It just has a semi-intelligent raid capable bios. Under the OS, it's all software raid with their own "special" software raid driver. Dave "LordBeatnik"
Post #116,961 by qstephens 9/7/03 5:48:35 AM Reply	Re: HPT37x is software raid It's semi-software - install driver and away you go. Coughing up \ufffd200++ for a 3ware card is something I'll have to consider carefully. qts
Post #116,967 by folkert 9/7/03 12:05:46 PM Reply	Ok... you could try [link\|http://www.arcoide.com/\|http://www.arcoide.com/] I have recent been introduced to this product... I have only used it once so far. Works as advertised. Fast. Works. Nice. Works as a single device per channel. You can put 2 on an IDE Bus (master and Slave) to controll 4 disks... They also support Hotswap. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Hotswapping with the worst of them...
Post #116,903 by rickmoen 9/6/03 4:56:59 PM Reply	Accept no imitations qts wrote: Yes, I know about software RAID and I'm not interested. Then, you'll hate Highpoint cards. So, I need a cheap RAID controller that supports RAID 0+1 or RAID 5. If 3Ware Escalades are out of your price range, you've just reduced your options to zero, since those are the only ones that (1) do real hardware RAID, and do so (2) without binary-only proprietary drivers (cough Promise controllers cough). In your shoes, I'd put the Highpoint into my deepest, darkest closet, and either spring for a 3Ware Escalade or use the kernel's MD (software RAID) driver, which has become battle-tested enough that even I would trust it. Rick Moen rick@linuxmafia.com If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already.
Post #116,962 by deSitter 9/7/03 6:01:22 AM Reply	:) yep The LSI 22320 with integrated hardware mirroring works flawlessly with Linux and is only about 300 Yankee dollars. One thing I once saw on VMS - break mirror, back up idle disk, re-establish mirror - that would be cool on Linux. -drl

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