edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Thomas Kappelmueller wrote: > >> edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> >>> Thomas Kappelmueller wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Todd Denniston wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Roger Heflin wrote, On 03/24/2008 02:20 PM: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Alan Cox wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:39:22 +0800 >>>>>>>> edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dear All, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Which model / type of ATA Raid card controller is good for work >>>>>>>>> with New FC System ? >>>>>>>>> Would you please recommend ? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Almost every 'raid' controller for ATA devices is just driver >>>>>>>> level raid, >>>>>>>> so equivalent to using the built in lvm/md raid support that works >>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>> any devices. At the high end there are a few hardware raid cards >>>>>>>> but they >>>>>>>> rarely outperform ordinary ATA on PCI Express. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> Edward, >>>>>> >>>>>> The cheapest 4-port raid cards are typically $300US, the 8-port >>>>>> cards are quite a bit more. If you are a home user I would suggest >>>>>> not wasting your money on the HW raid, and has others mentioned it >>>>>> is not really worth the extra money for a home user, so use software >>>>>> raid. >>>>>> >>>>>> Most of the cheaper cards are fakeraid and at best (if supported >>>>>> under DMRAID) are only slightly better than software raid. >>>>>> >>>>>> Roger >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> So would the better question be: >>>>> Which model / type of ATA multi-port card controller is good when you >>>>> want to do software RAID with New Fedora System? >>>>> i.e. which manufactures cards that you can hang 4+ drives off of, >>>>> have enough independence[1] between drives, that doing software RAID >>>>> works fast[2]? >>>>> Can you get 4+ port SATA cards that don't claim to be "RAID" cards? >>>>> >>>>> Or has everything already been said here: >>>>> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html >>>>> http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html >>>>> >>>>> [1] I am making the old assumption that ATA drives on the same bus >>>>> slow each other down. Does that really matter with SATA? >>>>> >>>>> [2] assuming the controller card is more likely to be the bottleneck >>>>> than the processor, PCI bus, or drives. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html#matrix >>>> I would buy a card which drivers have the most features. >>>> >>>> I chose a cheap "Silicon Image"-chipped sata1 card (sata_sil driver). >>>> Hotplugging etc is working fine. >>>> >>>> >>>> The sata_sil24 is the SATA2 chip. >>>> >>>> -Tom >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Would you mind tell me your web site of your card model ? >>> >>> Thank for your comment! >>> >>> Edward. >>> >>> >>> >> hi! >> http://www.st-lab.com/productf.asp >> It is the one with 4 Ports. It cost me something like 20€/25$ >> >> Btw I use Linux Software-Raid on it. >> If you can't get that card just search google for something like >> "SiI3114 controller card". >> >> The newer chips are called Sil3124 and i think there are also some with >> 8 Ports but I'm not sure. >> >> Hope that helps >> -Tom >> >> >> > Hello, > > Why didn't use hardware raid for the Linux ( FC ) System ? Hardware-Raid is much more expensive and for home usage it is absolutely not nesessary. > Is there two ports of S-ATA also ? There is one card with 2 Sata Ports (Sil3112). > Does FC System built-in driver with it ? The built-in FC8 driver works fine, no need to install additional content. > > Thank for your comment again... > > Edward. > >
