[mythtv-users] RAID on Fedora Core 3?

[Peter Loron]

I don't have anything to say (+/-) about Highpoint, but 3ware makes 
great hardware and they have excellent Linux support.

-Pete

On Dec 21, 2004, at 12:04 AM, Max Waterman wrote:

> While I am waiting for opinions, I am coming to the conclusion that 
> Highpoint is a name to look for.
>
> Is this right?
>
> Max.
>
> Max Waterman wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to build a MythTV/dvarchive box. I bought 4 Promise 
>> Ultra100TX2 PCI cards, but found that they wouldn't work
>> with more than 2 in a system :(
>>
>> I was going to use linux s/w raid over the drives.
>>
>> I know you guys must use plenty of raid setups, so thought you'd be 
>> the best to advise on which types are best.
>>
>> I am running FC3, and have 4 WD800/8 and 4 WD2000/8 drives that I 
>> want to be two RAID5 volumes. I am running
>> on a nForce3 250Gb, so network traffic is not a problem with the PCI 
>> bus, but gfx/video output maybe is (I haven't
>> chosen my final gfx/video setup, but am currently using a cheap TNT2 
>> gfx card).
>>
>> I heard that Promise is giving 'lack-lustre' Linux support, so I'm 
>> totally open to not using Promise cards. I also heard
>> that cards which do h/w RAID will give less load on the PCI bus.
>>
>> How should I do this? What h/w?
>>
>> Max.
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