I've also had great results with AMCC/3Ware PCI-E SATA RAID controllers on Linux. Brian Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Adam Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:52 AM To: Jeff Jensen Cc: TCLUG Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Disk controllers and external disk enclosures 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 > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list