I would consider Software Raid
PFC wrote:
>
> Hello fellow Postgresql'ers.
>
> I've been stumbled on this RAID card which looks nice. It is a
> PCI-X SATA Raid card with 6 channels, and does RAID 0,1,5,10,50.
> It is a HP card with an Adaptec chip on it, and 64 MB cache.
>
> HP Part # : 372953-B21
> Adaptec Part # : AAR-2610SA/64MB/HP
>
> There' even a picture :
> http://megbytes.free.fr/Sata/DSC05970.JPG
>
> I know it isn't as good as a full SCSI system. I just want to know
> if some of you have had experiences with these, and if this cards
> belong to the "slower than no RAID" camp, like some DELL card we
> often see mentioned here, or to the "decent performance for the
> price" camp. It is to run on a Linux.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time and information.
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