Re: high end SCSI card recommendation
>> Hi:
>> I am working out problems using an onboard Adaptec aic7888 SCSI
>> controller.
>> The machine takes 12,000,000 web hits per month and growing, and has lots
>> of disk space as well as 4 11.5GB IDE drives in it.
>>
>> Its locking up now after I turned on verbose error reporting with timeout
>> messages for SCSI drives.
>>
>> Anyway, if this is a controller issue, whats the best controller for busy
>> web servers running Debian LInux 1.3, kernel 2.0.33 and apache?
>> I can just get one and be done with it, recompile and that particular one,
>> and ...
>> thanks.
You might want to consider external RAID controller for that sort of
business. These hook up to scsi-controller and show to the system
as very large disks.
As for controllers Symbios/NCR 53C875/6 based cards and Mylex/
Buslogic cards are best supported.
Also check the scsi drivers with the kernel.
--j
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