On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Alex Dean <alex@crackpot.org> wrote:

On Jan 19, 2009, at 7:30 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:

Eric

Thanks for the summary, and thank-you to everyone for their ideas.

Based on NewEgg prices, here is some more information:

What controllers have you been pricing? I'm planning a similar backup server for my home, and I'm not sure which to go with.

Joe Fleming, in an earlier post to this thread, uses this card on Debian:

Promise TX4 card (4 SATA-II ports on a normal PCI interface, $60 shipped on newegg). It is still $60 at Newegg, and that is the one I priced.

In general, what resources do you guys know about for checking Linux compatibility for PCI SATA controllers and other hardware? I haven't had much success finding a site to check this out.

I'm planning a RAID1 setup. Is it true that I'll get better performance from 2 controllers, vs. a single controller for both disks? Does using multiple controllers add any complexity in the md raid setup?

alex

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