Re: promise fasttrak 100 hardware-raid
Jochen Kächelin <pippiuser@lycos.de> wrote:
> Can somebody tell my if there's a way
> to run a promise onboard controller (PDC 20265)
> in hardware-raid (1) mode on a Fujitsu-Siemens L100.
With Debian? No. We just recently deployed about 30
boxes of the L100 and used the Linux software-raid for it.
We tested with RedHat but the driver-support only for
ancient kernels and the bad performance made us drop the
idea.
BTW.: Even FSC does not suggest using the promise drivers
for a "real-world" installation. They're crawling slow -
and what is more important - they don't give you any
advantage over Linux software-raid (well I haven't seen
any box using these drivers so far).
> We are just running Red Hat 7.3 and FSC only
> offers kernel-modules for RedHat, SuSE, RH AS -
> and promise does not offer the source-code.
Correct - don't waste your time with these drivers.
> Any suggesstions!!
Use Linux software-raid.
> PS: Our boss wan'ts to run hardware-raid - no
> software-raid!!!
ATA-raid _is_ software raid (isn't their always a little
bit of software?), when I read the article on
http://www.linuxlookup.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=20&page=1
I decided that Linux software-raid is far more mature -
although you need a floppy to boot the box, if your first
disk crashes or needs to be replaced.
BTW.: The snmp-stuff, which comes with ServerView for the
FSC-boxes works ok under Debian - FSC was very supportive
to get it to work. A pity, that it is only available until
the end of may ...
by
Töns
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