On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:57, Neil Harsant wrote: > I need to configure a SuSE 9.2 Pro system that will require around 2 > Terrabytes of storage. > > My hardware supplier has proposed a system using an Intel SRCS16 Raid > controller. > The Intel web site has a driver download for this controller for SuSE 9.0 > What I can tell you is if you use 3ware controllers, it *will* work. http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata.asp Why? a) 3ware controllers are true hardware controllers, the OS generally has no idea about how the RAID array is implemented, and generally only sees the virtual array rather that the underlying disks. b) Its Open Source drivers that are already in the linux kernel. No need to compile, and in theory, every distro under the sun should support it. If you are implementing a terrabyte array, you must a reasonable budget, so you should go for something you *know* will work. Nick -- Nick 'Zaf' Clifford <zaf@nrc.co.nz> GnuPG: 0xA8D0F53D In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock - Thomas Jefferson [demime 1.01b removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] ------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, email nzlug-request@linux.net.nz with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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