On 9 Mar, List User wrote:
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> 1) has a minimum of 2 (preferred 3+) seperate scsi channels
> BOTH internal and externally usuable.
>
> 2) Can handle LVD & Ultra 3 devices
>
> 3) Has good support under Linux, and not just RedHat. (We roll
> our own distributions here so anything with kernel support
> or a driver add-in et al).
>
> 4) Has good high-end performance that would be able to handle
> lots of random seeks (read/write) under RAID5. (one primary
> system would be for a RAID5 news spool).
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I've got a Dell PERC2 with four U3 channels and 128MB cache. Looks like
a nice card, but we use software RAID exclusively. Dell just shipped it
inside one of our servers by accident I suppose. They've done the same
with other "extra" hardware in the past. Maybe I'll pop it in a box and
see if I can't get some benchmarks. I think it MAY be RedHat-only
though, judging Dell's close relationship with them...
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