[mythtv-users] RAID on Fedora Core 3?

[Max Waterman]

Hi,

So, I did try this (two RAIDs, one as all master devices and one as all 
slaves devices) and it seems to work OK.

I had a bit of a problem making the slave plugs reach the drives. With 
all the drives as master devices, I got the full one meter length and 
there was no problem, but the slave plug is not the full length and so 
was a struggle. Far from ideal, but I'm short of cash, so I had to try.

What I am not sure about is the performance. I have run bonnie++ on the 
arrays (plus another 2x250GB RAID0 array, running off the motherboard 
SATA controller), but haven't really looked at the results. I'll post 
them here tonight.

BTW, I was considering trading in my EIDE drives for 8xWD2000 SATA 
drives and getting a Supermicro 8-port SATA controller :

http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/DAC-SATA-MV8.cfm

It looks like just the job. Just thought I'd mention that board in case 
other people have been looking for something similar. They tell me it 
works on PCI as well as PCI-X.

Max.

Paul Barker wrote:
> Hi
> 
>>I'll give it a try since the alternative (two 4 channel s/w RAID boards) 
> yet is more money ;)
> 
> Cool, let me know how you get on. I'd be interested if it works !
>  
> Cheers
>  
> Paul
>  
> 
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