[KLUG Members] SuSe 9.1 Linux Software RAID

[Rusty Yonkers]

> Thanks for the tip here. It is 4 IDEs.
> 

Since you have 4 IDE drives have you thought about SATA RAID
controller card?  I believe that there is an adapter for standard IDE
drives so that you can connect them to SATA cards.  I have read good
things about Serial ATA performance, escpecially with multiple drive
configurations.  I have not set it up myself but am planning on doing
it soon (as soon as I get the $$$ for it).  I have even read that the
performance is equal to SCSI with hard drives of the same spindle
speed and basic performance characteristics (i.e. 7500 rpm Maxtor
drives).  

I would be really curious to know if anyone has used SATA with Linux
yet and how well it worked for them.  Does Linux support the SATA
standard ok?  How does Linux handle hardware level RAID on a SATA
controller? I have always been more of a fan of hardware based RAID
but have not setup a Linux system with it yet.



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Russell C. Yonkers Jr. 
CNE, MCP, A+, CCNA, Linux+, Server+, Network+ certified
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Currently using SuSE 9, Mac OS X, Windows 2000, and WinXP 
And yes I run a network at home with Linux and Windows servers
See my personal website http://www.geocities.com/therustycook
Or my consulting site at http://www.atomicsupergeek.com


		
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