SATA RAID controller recommendations

[Chris]

Noone has any recommendations??

Chris



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Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 6:10 PM
Subject: SATA RAID controller recommendations


> Looking for recommendations for a decent hardware SATA RAID 0/1 
> controller, that is well supported by Red Hat Linux - specifically Fedora 
> Core 1 and up. Ideally out of the box (stock Fedora CDs), or with a driver 
> disk from the manufacturer - without having to manually compile drivers, 
> etc.  This is required for a large rollout of systems that will all have 
> Serial ATA RAID-1 configuration, and need straightforward setup.
>
> I've used 3Ware Escalade 8006-2LP and it works fine so that is one option, 
> but looking at alternatives.  I don't like the newer 3ware cards because 
> they do not have built-in support in Red Hat and require too much manual 
> work for this type of project.  Does Adaptec make any cards that are 
> supported by FC1 and up, out of the box?  Last time I checked I heard bad 
> stories about no drivers for any recent Linux versions, just old RH 7.3.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chris