[plug] SATA & Debian

[Scott Middleton]

On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 11:20, Tim Bowden wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am about to set up a new file server and would like to use two SATA
> drives with software raid (are there any hardware SATA RAID solutions
> that work with linux that would be better?).

I took Craigs advice and used 3ware. Pricey but worked well.

> 
> Does anyone have any recomendations as to motherboards?  I would
> preferably like to have video, lan and SATA built in if possible.  I am
> trying to keep the price reasonable as this is for a small business with
> only about 6 - 8 users at any one time.

3ware RAID will cost around $1100 depending. The one i bought can handle
up to 8 HDD. We put 4x120 GB SATA HDDs RAID 5 and hotswapable. 
 The motherboard is an intel entry server board, with PATA and SATA. so
i guess i can have around 16 HDDs if i wanted. We have found the entry
server boards to be quite reliable so far. NICs e100 and e1000 onboard.


> 
> Does anyone have any pointers as to getting debian woody on to SATA
> disks?  As the install disk is so old, SATA would not even have been a
> twinkle in the eye of its creator when the woody install disk was
> already well matured.

Bring a blank CD to our office and i will give a copy of our BF-2.24
boot CD. Or, you can download it from
http://members.westnet.com.au/kemner/
These will fit onto a business card CD.

Regards


-- 
Scott Middleton <scott at linuxit.com.au>
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