dan1 wrote:
Hello.
I would like to know if promise RAID cards are compatible with CentOS / RHEL ? I have seen that only SATA is supported on the RHEL hardware compatibility list. The other ATA raid cards seems not to be compatible. They give source code and promise grants compatibility with RedHat 8 and 9 but not RHEL.
I would like to know if somebody tried a ATA raid card like Fasttrack TX2000, SX4000, Fasttrack 100 TX2, etc.. If you could share me your experience it would be great.
My provider says that he had some bad experiences about that cards and he doesn't allow me to use CentOS on his promise cards he provides (only), so I cannot have RAID on my server... it's a shame..
Thanks for any feedback.
Daniel
If you can afford it the simplest solution is a 3Ware ATA RAID card like the 8506-4LP. They are true hardware raid and have had excellent support in Linux for a long time. They just work.
If you want to use SATA cards I would say get cards like the TX4 which is a non-raid card for like $70. 4 SATA ports, then add software RAID.
I use both, as well as some larger 8 port 3ware cards in some larger storage systems.
Terrence