My reccomendation is to stay FAR away from a Promise/Linux combination. I don't know about newer cards, but I was trying to get an older RAID-5 Promise IDE card to work with Ubuntu. No dice! I just kept getting tons of kernel errors and it would lock up and then switch to read-only.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave Weis</b> <<a href="mailto:djweis@internetsolver.com">djweis@internetsolver.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Sean McClanahan wrote:<br>> I really like the 3Ware stuff, but I can't seem to find one in a PCI<br>> flavor. This is an older box; it has no PCI-X or PCI-Express slots.<br>> :-( So, I'm looking at a Promise controller perhaps? I've had decent
<br>> luck with them in the Windows world. And, I agree 100% with the<br>> hardware RAID-5. No software RAID, thanks very much. ;-)<br><br>I've got one sitting around but I think it's only a two drive card. I
<br>can't imagine they don't make straight PCI ones any more. Did you check<br>newegg?<br><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Josh More [mailto:<a href="mailto:morej@alliancetechnologies.net">morej@alliancetechnologies.net
</a>]<br>> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:26 PM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org">cialug@cialug.org</a>; Sean McClanahan<br>> Subject: RE: [Cialug] Linux in an AD environment<br>><br>> I second the "special purpose distro" suggestion... Assuming that is
<br>> all you will ever use the box for.<br>><br>> So far as specific distro suggestions go, I'd recommend OpenSuse/SLES as<br>> they've put a lot of work into integrating with Windows. The SUSE line<br>
> also has some nice support for ISCSI, which might be nice on a file<br>> server.<br>><br>> So far as card suggestions go, pick 3Ware and spend the money for<br>> built-in RAID5 support. You may still use software RAID, but the higher
<br>> end cards are *much* better supported. Dave Weis can probably get you a<br>> good card.<br>><br>> -Josh<br>><br>><br>> Mobile email powered by Nokia Intellisync<br>><br>> ---- Original Message ----
<br>> From: "Sean McClanahan" <<a href="mailto:sean.mcclanahan@westecnow.com">sean.mcclanahan@westecnow.com</a>><br>> Date: 07-9-18 17:43<br>> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <<a href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org">
cialug@cialug.org</a>><br>> Subj: [Cialug] Linux in an AD environment So, I'm going to make my first<br>> big attempt to get Linux into what has up to this point been a complete<br>> Windows AD environment. I have an older Dell PowerEdge 1300, dual P-III
<br>> procs. I've taken out the old SCSI card, and would like to replace it<br>> with a SATA raid card, and 4 SATA drives. Right now, it's only function<br>> in life is to be a file server.<br>> Raw storage space.
<br>><br>><br>><br>> So my questions to the more learned out there in this group are:<br>><br>><br>><br>> A) I know that I will need to have Samba on the box, correct?<br>><br>> B) How easy do the different distros of Linux see and load SATA
<br>> RAID adapters? With W2K3, you hit the F6 key, load your driver disk<br>> (still a floppy!), and it's happy and keeps going. How does that work<br>> with Linux?<br>><br>> C) I am most comfortable so far with Ubuntu and Fedora. Not trying
<br>> to start an OS war, please. Just looking for input as to the viability<br>> of making either of these work as a file server that my Windows clients<br>> can see and use, with correct permissions.<br>><br>
><br>><br>> Thanks!<br>><br>><br>><br>> Sean McClanahan | Network Manager<br>><br>> Westec InterActive Security<br>> 1089 Jordan Creek Parkway<br>> Suite 116<br>> West Des Moines, IA 50266
<br>><br>> (515) 327-7300 office<br>> (515) 333-9281 mobile<br>><br>> sean.mcclanahan32 - Skype<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> <a href="http://www.westecnow.com">www.westecnow.com</a><br>>
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