[WBEL-users] Re: RAID using Highpoint hpt37x

[Thrift Internet Service]

That is correct, you are frozen on one kernel once you install the Highpoint
driver. It is the same situation with Promise RAID chips. I wish there was
an alternative, but I no longer have confidence in Linux software RAID.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Morse" <kgmorse@mpcu.com>
To: "Thrift Internet Service" <thrift@thriftinternet.com>
Cc: <whitebox-users@beau.org>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: RAID using Highpoint hpt37x


> On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Thrift Internet Service wrote:
>
> > I have installed WBEL and am 'kicking the tires'. So far it looks very
good. I'll be testing the machine for use as a RADIUS authentication & email
server in actual production soon.
> >
> > One thing I insist on in my servers is hardware RAID, and I have
standardized on the Highpoint hpt372 chip. The Highpoint driver worked fine
for RH 8 & 9, but it doesn't work at all for WBEL.
> >
> > I was on the phone with Highpoint support this morning and was told that
the RH9 driver is not compatible with the RHEL3 kernel. They expect to
release a RHEL3 compatible driver very soon, perhaps as early as this week.
That driver should work fine with WBEL.
> >
>
> This is probably the best reason to not standardize on HPT372.  The
> topic has been discussed serveral times on the redhat lists with the
> crux of discussion being HighPoint not releasing the drivers for
> inclusion into the kernel tree.  So if there is a big glaring security
> hole in the kernel you're stuck with not updating until HighPoint
> releases a new kernel.  Doesn't seem terribly prudent to me.
>
> On the other hand,  I setup a RH9 box for a friend to test out the
> hardware mirroring that the controller provides.  Works great, you just
> cannot update the kernel when you want or need to.
>