[olug] Sorta OT: Adaptec RAID port card availability

[Daniel Linder]

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<quote who="OBrien, Timothy  (Omaha Linux Users Group - OLUG)">
> Working on the configuration and setup of some dual processor file & game
> servers I have, and noticed that with the on board Adaptec SCSI they have
> the capability for the RAID port add on card.
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> 1. Which Adaptec cards can I get that has RAIDport II support & will work
> in  this motherboard? Is the ARO-1130SA the correct one?
> 1a. I doubt it, but would anyone else make a comparable card for this?

Have you checked with the motherboard manufacturers website to see if they
sell the add-on card?  If you purchase through them, you might pay more
but then you'll have one potential tech support group to call if/when it
stops working.  If you don't buy from them, at least you'll have a part
number to 'Google' on and see who else sells it.

> 2. Suggest sources for the card?
> 3. Any experiences with using these cards in *nix and/or WinJunk?

I have used Adaptec SCSI controllers in the past (the AHA-2940 was one of
mine early on), and have used their RAID controllers in various servers
setting up RAID-5 stripes across 4-5 drives and in general the Adaptec
cards work fine.  About 60% of my experience was Win2000, the other 40%
was Linux (RH 7.X vintage).

> 4. Any suggestions with using this sort of setup?

What are you going to do with it?  Large file server?  High-performance
database?  Workstation?

So, what type of MB was this?  How do you like it so far?  Does it take
ECC DDR RAM? Do you need two 512MB sticks? ;)

Dan

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