[WBEL-users] Re: RAID using Highpoint hpt37x

[Thrift Internet Service]

I get the RAID chip on the mainboard. It would be difficult and expensive to
change at this point. There is no room in my 1U cases for another PCI card.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Freeman" <rob@robsfunhouse.com>
To: <whitebox-users@beau.org>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 7:28 PM
Subject: RE: [WBEL-users] Re: RAID using Highpoint hpt37x


> If you need to run hardware raid, why not get a 3ware card?  Yes they are
> more expensive, but they run on the linux kernel.  Promise and HighPoint
> cards are a waste of money for linux users
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: whitebox-users-admin@beau.org [mailto:whitebox-users-admin@beau.org]
> On Behalf Of Thrift Internet Service
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 8:14 PM
> To: Keith Morse
> Cc: whitebox-users@beau.org
> Subject: [WBEL-users] Re: RAID using Highpoint hpt37x
>
> 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.
> >
>
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