Hello All, What would be the lists recommendation for an 8 port controller with native support for Centos 5.0? Currently have a 3ware 9650SE which does not... Cheers Steve
On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:56:44AM +1300, Steve Bluck enlightened us:> What would be the lists recommendation for an 8 port controller with > native support for Centos 5.0? Currently have a 3ware 9650SE which does > not... > Cheers >The 9650SE is a PCI Express card, not PCI-X. The 9550 series is PCI-X and is natively supported. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263
I would recommend PCI-E if you want the fastest card available, and using the 'linux dd' option before you install CentOS 5 allows you to load the 3ware kernel module prior to installation which is what I did to get my 9650SE-16 working. ;-) On Oct 9, 2007, at 4:56 PM, Steve Bluck wrote:> Hello All, > What would be the lists recommendation for an 8 port controller with > native support for Centos 5.0? Currently have a 3ware 9650SE which > does > not... > Cheers >
Thanks for the replies (and thanks Matt, PCI-e is indeed what I meant -brain freeze moment), I realise "linux dd" works -and is in fact how I've installed CentOS 5, but unfortunately I require a card (PCI even!) that will not require driver updates every kernel update and support a minimum of 6 ports in RAID 1. Being a noob at Linux I'm having trouble sourcing a card that is supported in the 2.6.18 kernel without the need to install drivers, and replies from manufacturers either evade the question or require a Masters degree in Linux, so I thought I'd tap into the combined knowledge of everyone here! So I'm still open to suggestions! Cheers Steve> I would recommend PCI-E if you want the fastest card available, and > using the 'linux dd' option before you install CentOS 5 allows you to> load the 3ware kernel module prior to installation which is what I > did to get my 9650SE-16 working. ;-)-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071011/dc012e57/attachment-0004.html>
Steve Bluck wrote:> > Thanks for the replies (and thanks Matt, PCI-e is indeed what > I meant -brain freeze moment), I realise "linux dd" works > -and is in fact how I've installed CentOS 5, but > unfortunately I require a card (PCI even!) that will not > require driver updates every kernel update and support a > minimum of 6 ports in RAID 1. > > Being a noob at Linux I'm having trouble sourcing a card that > is supported in the 2.6.18 kernel without the need to install > drivers, and replies from manufacturers either evade the > question or require a Masters degree in Linux, so I thought > I'd tap into the combined knowledge of everyone here! > > So I'm still open to suggestions!Here are a couple: - Controller that handles both SATA and SAS - Controller that has a battery backup write-back cache - Controller that has 4x external serial connectors so adding an enclosure to the mix later is possible The LSI cards are supported and have those features. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.
Steve Bluck wrote:> Being a noob at Linux I?m having trouble sourcing a card that is > supported in the 2.6.18 kernel without the need to install drivers, and > replies from manufacturers either evade the question or require a > Masters degree in Linux, so I thought I?d tap into the combined > knowledge of everyone here! > > So I?m still open to suggestions!centos-5.1 is expected out in 4 - 6 weeks now, and there is a good chance that the 3ware driver would be updated to support the 9650 cards.... -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
Thanks for the info -I've been looking at the PCI LSI Mega Raids, just hard to find what model is supported in which kernel... But if CentOS 5.1 is out soon with support for the 3ware 9650 I might wait as the server it is due to replace is still going... Cheers Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071012/4a12a776/attachment-0004.html>