[Gllug] re: dual Xeon/Opteron server

[Tushar Joshi]

The 3ware 9xxx cards are a bit of a pain since there is no 
internel kernel driver for this card, only a module. Means
you'll have to use initrd if you want to boot from it. 
Or use 2.6.8-rc2 which now has the driver built in. However
you'll then need to make your own boot disk to install
your distribution.

Tushar

On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 09:46:11AM +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 09:37, t.clarke wrote:
> > Call me a philistine if you will, but if I were building a high performance
> > dual-processor server I would want to use the latest SCSI discs and controller
> > technology for both speed and reliability.
> > 
> > Using serial ATA discs on a high spec machine, IMHO, would seem to be spoiling
> > the shi[p for a ha'porth of tar !
> 
> Decent SATA RAID controllers can match and even exceed sustained
> throughputs compared to similar priced SCSI controllers. I recommend
> 3ware 9xxx cards.
> 
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> Martin A. Brooks <martin at clues.ltd.uk>
> Clues Ltd
> 
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