'Richard Piper' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> I am looking for/thinking about buying some machines with RAID. For
> varios reasons it need to be a "well known" brand. The two choices at this
> time are the DELL 2400 and the IBM 230 series servers. My reservation is
> that the drier support for the RAID controllers seems to be distribution
> specific, particular with the DELL, suggesting that specific patches are
> required. I get the impression if I had problems or moved to a new
> distribution that the RAID drivers may be a problem and that it may be
> more reliable to just go for a SCSI controller and good backup.
> I would be grateful for any suggestions, particularly if anyone has had
> problems with any of the IBM / DELL machines and linux.
Hi Richard,
bash$ uptime
9:44pm up 256 days, 5:08, 13 users, load average: 1.00, 1.01, 1.00
No complaints here...
Red Hat 6.2 on a Dell 2400 including RAID array.
Kind regards,
Rod
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