[NTLUG:Discuss] Dell Server with PERC RAID

[Paul Drew]

I would actually like to get some feedback and advice from people who have 
done this as well. I am actually installing linux on a Dell PowerEdge 4200 
as I am writing this, and I am wondering about how to go about the raid 
stuff in linux. Suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks

Paul Drew


>From: Stuart Johnston <sjohnston at haisolutions.com>
>Reply-To: NTLUG Discussion List <discuss at ntlug.org>
>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Dell Server with PERC RAID
>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:01:51 -0500
>
>I posted a question a while back asking for recommendations on inexpensive 
>servers for Linux.  The most popular suggestion seemed to be Dell.  I'm 
>trying to overcome my reluctance to use Dell due to past negative 
>experience with their desktops (-understatement-) and we now have two 
>refurb Dell PowerEdge 2450s - Dual P3 700, PERC3/Si - RAID U160 SCSI, 2GB 
>RAM.
>
>So far, it seems pretty good.  It sometimes seems a little slower than I 
>had expected though, particularly the disk access.  It has 4 SCSI disks 
>running RAID 5.  At times, it seems slower than our development machine 
>which has a single IDE drive.  This is basically my first experience 
>setting up a RAID system so I may be missing something simple.
>
>Does anyone have experience with Dell PERC controllers that could give me 
>some advice?
>
>Thanks,
>Stuart Johnston
>
>
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