> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 7 11:50:39 1999
>
> What is the most reliable LVD SCSI controler for Linux ?
>
> (I use several Buslogic controlers, but as far as I know they don't
> have an LVD version, which is absolutely necessary for long SCSI chains,
> and my Buslogic controlers went in an infinite reset loop several times,
> which raid cannot protect against.
> I also tested a Mylex AcceleRAID with it's integrated raid software,
> but it's expensive and not very flexible (you cannot remotely change
> the raid configuration since the raid configuration program is
> accessed at boot time only, and as far as I know, you cannot have
> different scsi chanels use different scsi speeds, and you cannot
> have a raid set involving disks on several controlers), and lastly
> their raid sofware is not open so it's hard to trust them. On the
> other hand, I believe that you can add drives to existing raid sets.)
Normally, I'm a hardcore Buslogic/Mylex supporter, but I've found
myself in exactly your predicament. I settled on a pile of single
channel Adaptec U2W controllers and haven't had any issues with
Redhat 6.0. It seems the Adaptec drivers have gotten better over
time and they even seem stable with SMP boxes (which wasn't the
case even a year ago). I'm about to try creating rather huge
raid 0 and raid 5 sets with 4 50gig barracudas per controller.
I'll post the results to the list. I'm very optimistic about
the performance given early testing on small numbers of drives.
Chris
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Christopher Mauritz
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