edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Thomas Kappelmueller wrote: > >> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > Hello, > > Just visited http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=29 > BUT it seems only support Windows System... > And also to http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=28 > It seem support Linux System ( BUT NOT sure FC System )... > > Edward. > > Hi Have another look at: http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html#matrix These are Opensource drivers (not vendor drivers). The Silicon Image chips work fine and the driver is already shipping with most distributions (FC8 for sure). -Tom
