On Friday 14 November 2003 12:19 pm, Travis Crook wrote: > Hi All, > I'm looking at getting a RAID card to put in my box. I'm > running Mandrake 9.1 and wondered what would be the best card. > Here is what I'm looking at so far: Promise SuperTrak 100 or 66, > 3WARE DiskSwitch AccelerATA 8 port UDMA100 EIDE RAID Card, or > the Promise FastTrak 66 or 100. > > What I would like to know is: which one is best supported > under Linux (i.e. in kernel, with drivers, etc.)? which one is > the easiest to install? I would like to eventually do RAID level > 5 but I will start with RAID 1 and go from there. > > I have looked on Google to find support and on the respective > Web sites but would like to know if anyone has specific experience. > IMO, you are much better off in Linux by skipping the so called Hardware ATA-RAID solutions, since support is shoddy to non-existent, and using the built in software RAID available in the kernel using a straight ATA controller. I use a Promise Ultra 133TX2 to RAID1 2-40GB drives and the performance is excellent and I feel much more secure since I don't ave to rely on spotty support from the manufacturer. -- /g
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