[NCLUG] Highpoint IDE RAID For Linux?

[David Braley]

I have had good luck with the Promise FastTrak66/100 cards (this is
their "el-cheapo-delux" controller for poor bastards like me). Promise
offers binaries on their web site for Suse 7.x and RedHat 7.x distros.
Both of my setups have only two drives each, configured as raid-0
(SPEED!!!!, but not one ounce of safety). I see about an 85% gain in
performance gain using hdparm compared to a configuration of a single
drive. With four drives it might be even faster :)

My two cents.

David

DJ Eshelman wrote:

> Sorry I missed the install fest- I have a sick NT4 server and a
> 'hacked' php site to baby sit...  but I did install RedHat 7.2 this
> weekend anyway.  Gnome with Nautilus is pretty nice... but I gotta
> stick with KDE.  But hey, it doesn't have to be pretty to work well,
> eh?  XP is 'pretty'.  But hey, let's not go there.  On to what's
> bugging me!!! Has anyone tried using a Highpoint EIDE RAID controller
> with Linux?  Last time I looked, there was no support for the RAID
> Functions of the device.  I only ask now because one of the drives
> failed from being thrashed by NT4 (if you don't know what 'thrashing'
> is, I'll forgive you just this once), and, well, heat problems from
> being stuffed in a closet.  So when and if I replace the drive I'd
> really like to go (back) to using Linux as a SAMBA server for this bad
> boy, but I'm not sure I want to lose the RAID 0, you know?  It was
> pretty darn fast... So if anyone has had any luck or can help out-
> it's always appreciated. Oh, and if anyone knows anywhere that will
> need a Sys Admin or tech or ... well, whatever- My current contract
> ends mid-December and I'll be looking once again for gainful
> employment.I'm A+ certified, have about 3 years of mixed experience
> between NT, Novell (barf) and *nix administration (not programming or
> DBA) with small businesses.  I'm currently working on Network+ just to
> try and add to the resume, but I know most of the stuff anyway.Any
> ideas? Thanks! -DJ Eshelman
> dj at djeshelman.com
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