Re: linux compatible IDE cards

Oh...I didn't know that. ASUAF (http://asuaf.org) has been using one in their
web server for two years now, and everything has gone well. Two drives on
it, Linux RAID 1, works great. But I guess YMMV. This is one sysadmin that
hasn't been burned by them...so you can't say that anymore. :)

AH!! Just re-read your message. We aren't using a Promise RAID card. We're
using a Promise IDE card, doing the RAID via Linux. So, if there is buggy
RAID code, we aren't using it. As far as I know, their straight IDE
controllers are pretty good.

j----- k-----

On Monday 28 March 2005 10:16, Adam bultman wrote:
> Joshua Kugler wrote:
> >Promise has good support under Linux.
> >
> >lspci -v reports:
> >
> >unknown : Promise Technology, Inc.|20269 [STORAGE_OTHER]
> > (vendor:105a device:4d69 subv:105a subd:4d68)
> >
> >Don't know the model off the top of my head. Hope that helps.
> >
> >j----- k-----
>
> Please avoid Promise IDE RAID cards. They stink. Every sysadmin I've
> spoken with that has used Promise IDE RAID cards has been burned.
>
> Just be wary.
>
> Adam

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Joshua Kugler
CDE System Administrator
http://distance.uaf.edu/
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