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andrew Luke Lonergan said: > Joshua, > > On 7/21/05 7:53 PM, "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well I know that isn't true at least not with ANY of the Dells my >> customers have purchased in the last 18 months. They are still really, >> really slow. > > That's too bad, can you cite some model numbers? SCSI? > >> I have great success with Silicon Image as long as I am running them >> with Linux software RAID. The LSI controllers are also really nice. > > That's good to hear, I gave up on Silicon Image controllers on Linux > about 1 year ago, which kernel are you using with success? Silicon > Image > controllers are the most popular, so it's important to see them > supported well, though I'd rather see more SATA headers than 2 off of > the built-in chipsets. > > - Luke ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings