Hi!
> I am inclined to agree - on closer inspection, each of the IBM, HP and
> Compaq have all sorts of issues when Linux comes into the equation (the HP
> has I/O issues whichever platform you use)..
>
> We have a supplier nearby who can supply me with a High Availability, High
> performance solution - I don't know if I'll use Adaptec SCSI cards though,
I
> thought they could cause problems - which cards would you recommend? We
> want to use hardware RAID 5...
why don't you use the controllers from ICP Vortex. I know some people using
it in high performance/availability systems. (www.icp-vortex.com)
> Thanks for the info guys.. these badged machines are a real headache! It
> looks like HP are actually going to take the LH4 back...I'm sure for
normal
> database driven web-sites they are OK, but bring heavy writes into the
> equation and they're not up to the task!
>
> Best Regards
>
> Matthew Clark.
Greetings
Thomas
