Are those motherboards with integrated RAID ultra2 controllers any
good? The one I looked at is a Tyan Thunderbold and has a "RAID bus
slot" and use an Adaptec 7896.
Mark
> We used DPT RAID5 controllers and since 2 months we changed to Mylex
> eXtremeRAID 1100 controller.
>
> Very good product with perfect drivers for Linux.
mark@hoist.nlcomm.com wrote:
> I'm building a new server and I get to pick the hardware; so what is
> the best "ultra 2" raid 5 controller wrt Linux support? I plan to
> have qty. 4 9-gig discs and would like a controller with a good amount
> of caching (raid 5 is very dependent on write caching).
>
> How will it notify me if one of the drives goes out (it will be far,
> far away from me in an unattended room)?
>
> Hot swapping is a bonus but not too important.
>
> Thanks!
> Mark
>
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