OT: Experiences with SATA, Intel ICH5, Kernel 2.6
Hello everybody,
we are currently running a web- and mailserver with a Tyan S5102G3NR
Board, Linux-2.6.8.1(kernel.org) and Debian Woody. The disks are 2x 36
Gb, U-320 SCSI, RAID 1 (ICP-Vortex GDT8114RZ).
We now need additional disks in this server, but not at the same speed
(not SCSI), not redundant (no RAID) and effordable.
Onboard options are:
* 2 ATA-Ports (one already has a CD-ROM attached)
* 2 SATA-PORTS (Intel 82801EB ICH5)
* 2 SATA-PORTS (Promise PDC20378, RAID 0,1)
At this time we need 2 additional disks and would like to use the
ICH5-SATA Ports. I did not use SATA before and
http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/kt20040807_270.html#6 says
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Serial ATA (SATA) for Linux
status report
July 8, 2004
Intel ICH5, ICH5-R, ICH6
libata driver status: Production, but see issue #2, #3. Recently work on
issue #2 has improved the state of that issue.
drivers/ide driver status: Production, but see issue #1, #2.
Issue #1: Depending on BIOS settings, IDE driver may lock up computer
when probing drives.
Issue #2: Excessive interrupts are seen in some configurations.
Issue #3: "Enhanced mode" or "SATA-only mode" may need to be set in BIOS.
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Could someone share experiences with this chipset/board or comment on
the issues. Do you think the SATA-Ports might interfere in any way with
the ICP-Vortex controller?
Another question is -- would you avoid the Promise controller by all
means? (another 2 disks could be needed in the future). Has someone
experiences with this one. I often heard that Promise is crap and a
performance hog compared to other raid solutions. I would use it just to
have another 2 SATA-Ports.
Best regards,
Henrik
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Henrik Heil, zweipol Coy & Heil GbR
http://www.zweipol.net/
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