Hello:
I am looking for a recommendation for a PCI-e RAID card for my server. The server has a PCI-e x16 low profile slot so the card has to be at most 6.6 inches long x 2.536 inches high. I would like to use RAID 5 with 3 drives so I have to have those capabilities.
It has to be CentOS 5.4 compatible (Of course!).
I took a look at the offerings from 3Ware, but their cards are too long.
If you have a card you are happy with, I would appreciate a recommendation.
Thanks, Neil
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On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Neil Aggarwal neil@jammconsulting.com wrote:
Hello:
I am looking for a recommendation for a PCI-e RAID card for my server. The server has a PCI-e x16 low profile slot so the card has to be at most 6.6 inches long x 2.536 inches high. I would like to use RAID 5 with 3 drives so I have to have those capabilities.
It has to be CentOS 5.4 compatible (Of course!).
I took a look at the offerings from 3Ware, but their cards are too long.
If you have a card you are happy with, I would appreciate a recommendation.
Thanks, Neil
-- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, www.JAMMConsulting.com Will your e-commerce site go offline if you have a DB server failure, fiber cut, flood, fire, or other disaster? If so, ask about our geographically redundant database system.
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Been quite happy with Areca.
On 10/22/2009 01:56 AM, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
Hello:
I am looking for a recommendation for a PCI-e RAID card for my server.
Areca's have worked well for me over the last few years, and they have some small formfactor hba's too ( eg like being able to host a bbu in a 1U chassis. I've never seen a 3ware card able to do that )
If you have a card you are happy with, I would appreciate a recommendation.
I use the LSI's, they are pretty solid with a good cli, snmp and rhel support.
Keep in mind airflow, these cards get hot without good airflow.
6.6" long, and half height? I just went and measured the 1068's I have (8888ELP's etc) and they are ~8 long...
Neil Aggarwal wrote:
Hello:
I am looking for a recommendation for a PCI-e RAID card for my server. The server has a PCI-e x16 low profile slot so the card has to be at most 6.6 inches long x 2.536 inches high. I would like to use RAID 5 with 3 drives so I have to have those capabilities.
It has to be CentOS 5.4 compatible (Of course!).
I took a look at the offerings from 3Ware, but their cards are too long.
If you have a card you are happy with, I would appreciate a recommendation.
ARECA all the way .. we are very happy with their 24 port controllers (RAID6 capable)(of which we have six so far) and with the features of monitoring and (out-of-band) configuration.
Best regards, Adrian
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