Hey all, After seeing the horrible lack of support for Promise cards in Redhat Enterprise/CentOS, I am looking for a recommendation for a good IDE RAID controller that is supported out of the box (i.e. I would prefer not to have to install via a driver disk). I would prefer ATA 133 over Serial ATA for now. Thanks! Sean
I'm using an older 3ware 6400 series card and it works right out of the box. I hear most of the 3ware cards are fully supported out of box. On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:45:34 -0800, Sean Leach <sleach at wiggum.com> wrote:> Hey all, > > After seeing the horrible lack of support for Promise cards in Redhat > Enterprise/CentOS, I am looking for a recommendation for a good IDE RAID > controller that is supported out of the box (i.e. I would prefer not to > have to install via a driver disk). > > I would prefer ATA 133 over Serial ATA for now. > > Thanks! > Sean > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Sean Leach wrote:> After seeing the horrible lack of support for Promise cards in Redhat > Enterprise/CentOS, I am looking for a recommendation for a good IDE RAID > controller that is supported out of the box (i.e. I would prefer not to > have to install via a driver disk). > > I would prefer ATA 133 over Serial ATA for now.As others have already stated, 3ware is pretty much the way to go. Their drives have been in the main kernel for quite some time. --Ajay
> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at caosity.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at caosity.org] On Behalf Of Sean Leach > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:46 AM > To: CentOS discussion and information list > Subject: [Centos] RAID card recommendation > > Hey all, > > After seeing the horrible lack of support for Promise cards in Redhat > Enterprise/CentOS, I am looking for a recommendation for a > good IDE RAID > controller that is supported out of the box (i.e. I would > prefer not to > have to install via a driver disk). > > I would prefer ATA 133 over Serial ATA for now. > > Thanks! > Sean > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >If you want to use IDE we recommend the 3ware 7500 series and they work with CentOS without any changes. If you are looking for SATA we recommend the 3ware 9500 series for performance. This card does require some work to get it installed and running properly. If you need help doing this we can provide the needed explanations and guidance. You did not mention what Raid level you wanted to run, how much storage you needed nor what system this was going into. If it's a single or dual 32 bit athlon or opterons running with 32 bit Centos the driver disks for the 3ware 9500 series are on our web site. Seth Bardash Integrated Solutions and Systems 1510 North Gate Road Colorado Springs, CO 80921 719-495-5866 719-495-5870 Fax 719-337-4779 Cell http://www.integratedsolutions.org Failure can not cope with perseverance! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 1/21/2005
Sean Leach wrote:> Hey all, > > After seeing the horrible lack of support for Promise cards in Redhat > Enterprise/CentOS, I am looking for a recommendation for a good IDE RAID > controller that is supported out of the box (i.e. I would prefer not to > have to install via a driver disk). > > I would prefer ATA 133 over Serial ATA for now.we use 3ware 7xxx for years. -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"