[CentOS] Re: Centos for entry level server : Motherboard?
Scott Silva
ssilva at sgvwater.com
Mon Apr 23 23:30:01 UTC 2007
Akemi Yagi spake the following on 4/23/2007 3:42 PM:
> On 4/23/07, Alex @ Avantel Systems
> <alex at avantel.ca> wrote:
>> I've been burned by Sata not working on an Asus motherboard (nVidia /
>> nForce)
>> and need to select something that will work for a fairly light duty
>> web/mail/sql server. How do I go about finding out if a specific
>> motherboard
>> will work with sata software raid and Centos 4.4 (or 5.x when it's
>> settled
>> down).
>
> Instead of buying a motherboard, you can add a SATA controller card.
> I have a Promise SATA300 TX4 PCI card ($55) and set up software RAID1
> on CentOS 4.
>
> Akemi
But there is a thread about some failures with promise sata cards on 5.0, so
you might look further, or find a sata card with a different chipset.
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