On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 18:55 +0100, Kevin Thorpe wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Michel van Deventer > <michel at van.deventer.cx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 10:45 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > >> On 04/07/11 10:23 AM, Kevin Thorpe wrote: > >> > The only PCI-X card I have is an old ICP Vortex RAID controller and > >> > the Dell hangs with that installed (BIOS is disabled). > >> > > >> > It's only for a tape drive so performance isn't really an issue. > >> > >> parallel scsi is becoming somewhat archaic, and probably getting harder > >> to find, but I've always liked the LSI Logic scsi cards. > >> > >> for PCI-X, that would be a LSI-U320, and for PCI-E X4, a LSU20320IE > >> (both those have internal and external and external connectors on the > >> same U320 SCSI channel) > >> > >> > >> a few more choices here, > >> http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/scsi_hbas/index.html > >> (some have dual channels, others have different connectors) > > What about a PERC4 from Dell (LSI Megaraid , PCI-X). You should be able > > to find them for a reasonable price on Ebay (70 euro). I used to have a > > few lying around ;) > > It already has a PERC6 (I think) but that's fully occupied with the > RAID. Am I asking for > trouble having both installed? No that should not be a problem. The PERC4 is fully supported under Centos btw ;) Regards, Michel p.s. I have a PERC4 available if you nee one, please contact me offlist, we can work something out.