[geeks] recommended dual channel LVD controller, PC

[Phil Stracchino]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 07:22:35PM -0500, mrl wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 11:10, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> 
> > My first bus runs the OS drive, and a relatively static set of files,
> > and the second bus runs a raid0 where /home lives.
> 
> ... Why /home on raid0? I'm about to put my /home on RAID5 (possibly
> RAID1) with a hot spare, as soon as the drives, cable, and card get
> here. There's no *way* I'd put anything on a raid0 array, unless it was
> also mirrored.

Right.  I have a big RAID0 stripe, but all that goes on it is backed-up
static data.

> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 19:04, Phil Stracchino wrote: 
> 
> > Considered a 29160?  It can segment the bus and run each segment at its
> > own best speed.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39969&item=5109282662&rd=1
> 
> But he's only got 32-bit PCI... I thought the 29160 was 64-bit.

It is a 64-bit card but will also work in a 32-bit slot, afaik.


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