Jeff, I've been very happy with the couple of 3Ware SATA RAID controllers I've owned. They are a true hardware RAID controller unlike some of the less expensive cards out there. I've been running one in a Gentoo Linux box for 5 years now and another in a Centos Linux box for almost 4 years with no issues. --Adam > Hello, > Recently, my old home Linux server had a hardware failure > :-(. Thankfully the disk is good and I copied the data > off onto another one temporarily until I get a new > installation done (it's weird - it boots fine, but the NIC > and a SCSI card fail to work - I think the adder board > they plug into has an issue as I replaced the NIC and had > the same result; it does not see them). > > I have the PC for the new one, and my stumbling block is > the disk configuration - I'm wanting to do a more-safe > data configuration (e.g. RAID 5) and larger capacity (e.g. > 4 1 TB drives). I've also wondered about just getting > NAS, e.g. ReadyNAS, as "it's all ready", but for > equivalent storage amount, it's a more expensive. > > I'm a software guy by trade, and know only a little > networking and hardware, so I can really use advice! :-) > > What RAID controllers can you recommend particularly known > to work with Linux (currently using Fedora, and plan to > for this install)? With my research, I've become hesitant > to purchase the RAID > controller, having been reading on too many problems with > Linux. I'm > hoping someone can recommend one that has worked well. > (some of the > items I've been reading are old, so not sure if the newer > distros have > been improved or not) It's interesting that the older > Fedora install > docs have RAID info on issues, but Fedora 11 does not. It > makes me > wonder if most issues have been resolved? I could use the > Linux software RAID, but not sure. > > > Has anyone setup with an external enclosure for 4 (or > more) drives? What enclosures can you recommend? (I > could fit 4 drives in the case if I remove the existing HD > - which I plan to not use unless for some reason it's > needed to boot from instead of the RAID) > > For both options, I've mainly been reviewing newegg, > microcenter, general nanosystems, and ebay. There are a > lot of options! > > Looking for some education - TIA! > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >