You might want to read the comments on my 3 days old post, which are interesting.
http://www.vanginderachter.be/2008/on-software-vs-hardware-raid/ Areca is less known, but considered better than 3ware in my book. But those are RAID controllers, on a more high-er end than what you seem to look for. Serge Serge van Ginderachter http://www.vanginderachter.be/ Kreeg u een "odt" bestand en kan u deze niet openen? Zie http://ginsys.be/odf ----- "David Abrahams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Mon Jun 16 2008, Ante Karamatic <ivoks-AT-grad.hr> wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:35:01 -0500 > > "James Dinkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> The controller is going to be the issue here. Any brands of cards > >> that use the same controller are going to be equally supported. > You > >> could check what controller is on your motherboard and try to get > a > >> card with that same controller. However, the Promise SATA > controller > >> is very popular and I *believe* is well supported in linux. > > > > Promise will bring you bad results. I would suggest 3ware. > LSI/Intel > > will also work, but as Promise, provide bad results :/ > > > > Note that I'm talking about RAID cards... > > Actually I don't think I care about hardware RAID. My plan is to use > a > NexentaStor VM to run a RAID-Z array, which I guess is technically > software RAID. > > My websearches have not shown any overwhelmingly positive > 3ware-on-Hardy > reviews. Is there a specific model you would recommend? > > -- > Dave Abrahams > BoostPro Computing > http://www.boostpro.com > > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
