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hardware raid controller

  • 11-11-2008 10:13am
    #1
    djr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 231 ✭✭


    hi,

    i have a decent dell poweredge here with no raid. i have a few disks, i just need a decent hardware raid (i.e. raid5) controller. i've looked for adaptecs, 3ware's etc on dabs.ie, and elara.ie, but of course they have nothing in stock.

    can anyone recommend a decent place for a business to purchase components like this on the internet? are there better UK sites?

    thanks,

    dave.


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  • #2
    glomar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 176 ✭✭glomar


    what dell model do you have some of the dell models have whats called a raid key that would enable the emebeded raid in the system bios ?


  • #3
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Also, slightly OT, but the linux software raid is really great and doesn't tie you to a single controller (if you're going to be using it in a linux server). Ebay is also worth considering. You can pick up dell raid cards on there fairly reasonably.


  • #4
    djr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 231 ✭✭djr


    glomar wrote: »
    what dell model do you have some of the dell models have whats called a raid key that would enable the emebeded raid in the system bios ?

    unfortunately, it has nothing like that, being a lowly Poweredge 1600SC


  • #5
    djr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 231 ✭✭djr


    Khannie wrote: »
    Also, slightly OT, but the linux software raid is really great and doesn't tie you to a single controller (if you're going to be using it in a linux server). Ebay is also worth considering. You can pick up dell raid cards on there fairly reasonably.

    i was going to go the software raid route (even have a sata-compact flash adapter, and a 1GB compact flash for /boot), but the thing is i'd like to run VM's on it, and software raid wouldn't really cut it for that amount of IO, the host cpu would get thrashed, and the performance of the VM's wouldn't be great.

    ebay is, i guess, an option, but i'd rather a named shop, as we are a business.


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