[1452] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Q: RAID controller, SCSI card, SMP motherboard
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Thu Feb 20 15:06:26 1997
From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
To: nathan@burgessinc.com (Nathan Bryant)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:49:21 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: linux-raid@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-smp@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970219233127.20270A-100000@gatekeeper.burgessinc.com> from "Nathan Bryant" at Feb 19, 97 11:47:01 pm
> I'm going to be building a web server that has to be HIGHLY reliable, as
> it will all Internet-related stuff for a company.
Ok
> I'm planning on a dual-PPro-200 system. It will have two 2-GB scsi drives,
> which will be mirrored.
How many of them. What if the disk controller dies, what if the main board
blows up. I think I'll wave my two machines flag again here.
> Does Linux support any RAID controller boards which could handle the
> mirroring, or do I need to get a SCSI-to-SCSI RAID controller that
The DPT SmartRaid is supported.
Alan
