Hello: I am looking for a recommendation for a PCI-e RAID card for my server. The server has a PCI-e x16 low profile slot so the card has to be at most 6.6 inches long x 2.536 inches high. I would like to use RAID 5 with 3 drives so I have to have those capabilities. It has to be CentOS 5.4 compatible (Of course!). I took a look at the offerings from 3Ware, but their cards are too long. If you have a card you are happy with, I would appreciate a recommendation. Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, www.JAMMConsulting.com Will your e-commerce site go offline if you have a DB server failure, fiber cut, flood, fire, or other disaster? If so, ask about our geographically redundant database system.
Lucian @ lastdot.org
2009-Oct-21 20:37 UTC
[CentOS] Recommendation for PCI-e SATA RAID 5 card?
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Neil Aggarwal <neil at jammconsulting.com> wrote:> Hello: > > I am looking for a recommendation for a PCI-e > RAID card for my server. ?The server has a > PCI-e x16 low profile slot so the card has > to be at most 6.6 inches long x 2.536 inches > high. ?I would like to use RAID 5 with 3 drives > so I have to have those capabilities. > > It has to be CentOS 5.4 compatible (Of course!). > > I took a look at the offerings from 3Ware, but > their cards are too long. > > If you have a card you are happy with, I would > appreciate a recommendation. > > Thanks, > ? ? ? ?Neil > > > -- > Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, www.JAMMConsulting.com > Will your e-commerce site go offline if you have > a DB server failure, fiber cut, flood, fire, or other disaster? > If so, ask about our geographically redundant database system. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >Been quite happy with Areca.
On 10/22/2009 01:56 AM, Neil Aggarwal wrote:> Hello: > > I am looking for a recommendation for a PCI-e > RAID card for my server.Areca's have worked well for me over the last few years, and they have some small formfactor hba's too ( eg like being able to host a bbu in a 1U chassis. I've never seen a 3ware card able to do that ) -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
Joseph L. Casale
2009-Oct-21 20:55 UTC
[CentOS] Recommendation for PCI-e SATA RAID 5 card?
>If you have a card you are happy with, I would >appreciate a recommendation.I use the LSI's, they are pretty solid with a good cli, snmp and rhel support. Keep in mind airflow, these cards get hot without good airflow. 6.6" long, and half height? I just went and measured the 1068's I have (8888ELP's etc) and they are ~8 long...
Neil Aggarwal wrote:> Hello: > > I am looking for a recommendation for a PCI-e > RAID card for my server. The server has a > PCI-e x16 low profile slot so the card has > to be at most 6.6 inches long x 2.536 inches > high. I would like to use RAID 5 with 3 drives > so I have to have those capabilities. > > It has to be CentOS 5.4 compatible (Of course!). > > I took a look at the offerings from 3Ware, but > their cards are too long. > > If you have a card you are happy with, I would > appreciate a recommendation.ARECA all the way .. we are very happy with their 24 port controllers (RAID6 capable)(of which we have six so far) and with the features of monitoring and (out-of-band) configuration. Best regards, Adrian ------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Sevcenco - Institute of Space Sciences, Romania ------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3110 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091022/230fe19e/attachment-0002.bin>