[Cialug] Linux in an AD environment

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

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.

On 9/19/07, Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Sean McClanahan wrote:
> > I really like the 3Ware stuff, but I can't seem to find one in a PCI
> > flavor.  This is an older box; it has no PCI-X or PCI-Express slots.
> > :-(  So, I'm looking at a Promise controller perhaps?  I've had decent
> > luck with them in the Windows world.  And, I agree 100% with the
> > hardware RAID-5.  No software RAID, thanks very much. ;-)
>
> I've got one sitting around but I think it's only a two drive card. I
> can't imagine they don't make straight PCI ones any more. Did you check
> newegg?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Josh More [mailto:morej at alliancetechnologies.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:26 PM
> > To: cialug at cialug.org; Sean McClanahan
> > Subject: RE: [Cialug] Linux in an AD environment
> >
> > I second the "special purpose distro" suggestion...  Assuming that is
> > all you will ever use the box for.
> >
> > So far as specific distro suggestions go, I'd recommend OpenSuse/SLES as
> > they've put a lot of work into integrating with Windows.  The SUSE line
> > also has some nice support for ISCSI, which might be nice on a file
> > server.
> >
> > So far as card suggestions go, pick 3Ware and spend the money for
> > built-in RAID5 support.  You may still use software RAID, but the higher
> > end cards are *much* better supported.  Dave Weis can probably get you a
> > good card.
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> >
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> > ---- Original Message ----
> > From: "Sean McClanahan" <sean.mcclanahan at westecnow.com>
> > Date: 07-9-18 17:43
> > To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> > Subj: [Cialug] Linux in an AD environment So, I'm going to make my first
> > big attempt to get Linux into what has up to this point been a complete
> > Windows AD environment.  I have an older Dell PowerEdge 1300, dual P-III
> > procs.  I've taken out the old SCSI card, and would like to replace it
> > with a SATA raid card, and 4 SATA drives.  Right now, it's only function
> > in life is to be a file server.
> > Raw storage space.
> >
> >
> >
> > So my questions to the more learned out there in this group are:
> >
> >
> >
> > A)     I know that I will need to have Samba on the box, correct?
> >
> > B)      How easy do the different distros of Linux see and load SATA
> > RAID adapters?  With W2K3, you hit the F6 key, load your driver disk
> > (still a floppy!), and it's happy and keeps going.  How does that work
> > with Linux?
> >
> > C)      I am most comfortable so far with Ubuntu and Fedora.  Not trying
> > to start an OS war, please.  Just looking for input as to the viability
> > of making either of these work as a file server that my Windows clients
> > can see and use, with correct permissions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
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