Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 May 1999 10:41:19 +0300 (EEST) | From | Sergey Kubushin <> | Subject | Re: what is the "best" RAID 5 scsi controller? |
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On Mon, 10 May 1999, Paul Slootman wrote:
> The thing I'm wondering about is support for the specific RAID-5 > features from within the Linux environment. E.g., how is failure of a > drive reported (if at all)? I'd like a message in the syslog, at the > least... A utility for checking the status / configuring the RAID > subsystem would also be a must; I'd hate having to reboot into DOS or > even --horrors-- NT to do that. Even using the onboard BIOS firmware > isn't something I'd want. > > All the RAID controllers I've seen have pretty NT programs for > configuring and monitoring the RAID subsystem, but not for anything > else (except perhaps SCO Unix...)
The most Linux-friendly RAID controllers this days are made by ICP Vortex. I do use several their beasts and I'm completely satisfacted with their performance, reliability and Linux support. And they do have native Linux software for monitoring and configuring the controller ;))
URL: http://www.icp-vortex.com. You can see penguins right on the main page :)
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