raid controller recommendation

Hans Müller ndof at gmx.li
Thu Dec 11 21:00:12 UTC 2003


Am Donnerstag 11 Dezember 2003 21:24 schrieb mike webster:
> If you're looking for SCSI, go with adaptec.  For a simple ide solution
> with two drives I'd recommend the Promise TX-2000 card.  I've written up
> a howto: for the promise card if you'd like the link.
>
> Mike.
>
> On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 14:26, Raymond Norton wrote:
> > I have decided to do a hardware raid rather than struggle with the
> > software raid. What would be a good, inexpensive controller that can do
> > raid level 1?
when you use SCSI  Vortex or Adaptec.
when ATA or SATA then use 3ware. 3ware contolleres are seen by linux as a real 
raid conroller. The promise contoller somtimes show not the raid array but 
the disk. and when then you try to acces disk disk you can destroy your 
array.





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