[Gllug] IDE RAID

[John Edwards]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 05:07:33PM +0100, Simon Faulkner wrote:
> We have a requirement for a lot of storage on a server.
> 
> I was thinking of using the Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A and 4 x 250 Gb IDE
> drives.
> 
> RedHat 9 (or I migh have a go with Debian)
> 
> About 800 Gb for £1000ish
> 
> A SCSI solution would be MUCH more.
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Simon

Hi
One factor that I don't think anyone else has mentioned is that of heat.

I've found that IDE drives are somewhat more susceptible to overheating, 
though of course the design of the hard disk case/caddies will have a lot 
to do with that. 

If the Adaptec 2400A uses the dpt_i2o driver then it should work in both 
RedHat 9.0 and Debian 3.0 (and probably most systems with later 2.4 kernels).


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