[nylug-talk] ATA RAID experience

[Carlos Alfaro]

I know its been asked before about compatibility with
Linux.  I have found 3ware, SIIG, and promise ATA RAID
controllers.

I like the SIIG for its 5 year warranty but I don't
know if it was the card that caused me some problems
in a test linux box and never bothered to check.  The
3ware its fully supported under the current Linux
kernel (but the monitoring utility is not).

I would like to hear from someone who has had used it
- any of them- and tell me about their experience on
reliability and the like.  I am using the SIIG at work
with a windows server and it works well (its not under
a heave load and I know its just basic software but I
like the fact that is not an overload on the server
OS)

I know Adaptec makes an ATA RAID controller but seems
a bit high in price.  The purpose of the box is to
hold maybe two 40 Gig HDD on a Pentium III 500 to host
more.groupware on it.  All I need is the machine to
stay up in case a HDD goes out.

Thanks in advanced.

Carlos

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