On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Jason Jorgensen wrote: > I was thinking 4 or 5 IBM 36 GB drives in RAID 5. With 3 or 4 live with 1 > hotspare. > > 1 Channel would do. > > The Mylex AcceleRaid 170 is about $420. That seems reasonable. > > Do you know if this controller is in the kernel, or something I have to > compile in? > Has anyone used this controller? Anyone ever had any issues with this > controller? Mylex is by far the best SCSI Hardware RAID controller supported by linux. You can actually query it for drive status (amazing, eh?.. seriously, most cards I've used, you can't under Linux). I've used that controller (both the VA OEM and the retail); works wonderfully with a recent kernel. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500