On Wed, 2006-03-05 at 11:35 +0200, Roger Grosswiler wrote: > Hey, > > I look to change my server from scsi to s-ata > > i have the following in my mind: > > -Controller: Promise SATA300 TX2plus, 2 Ch. SATA Controller > -Disk: Samsung SP2504C, SpinPoint P120, 7200rpm, 250GB, SATA-II > > as you remark, cheap, cheap, cheap :-) > > i found some articles online about the promise-controllers SATA150 for > Kernels 2.4.x and 2.6.x but nothing about the SATA300. > > Somebody experienced?? > > Thanks, > Roger > If you are able spend a few more bucks, you might want to get a 3ware raid controller. We just put one in a server and are quite impressed with it. The server has 4 drives, and the we set it up RAID 5 with a spare, the fourth drive stays spun down until you pull one of the other drives, then it spins up and rebuilds the volume.
