On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 05:44:21PM +1000, Karun wrote: > Hello, > Has anybody used any IDE raid controller cards at all? What do people think > about the one they have if any? > Im planning on buying one, but not sure which one to get/use.
We have an Escalade 7450. Seems to be fine. Advantages: - As the other person said, appears as a SCSI device - Can be put in a 64-bit PCI slot for extra performance - Has array setup completly in firmware. No special software required. - There is a daemon to manage the card via a web interface - Can do backup verification and media scans - Driver comes with kernel source (though its a bit old) - Linux support is good - Other disks can be attached and appear as plain disk (JBODs :) ) Disadvantages: - Like the other guy said, disks in proprietry format - Not too many tuning options (advantage?) - Probably some others, can't think of anything right now. Hope this helps, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that can do binary > arithmetic and those that can't. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
