[plug][semi-OT] PCIe x1 SCSI RAID cards...are there any?

[Paul Antoine]

Hi Ari,

Dell's PERC 4e SCSI RAID controller is PCIe.  You could try buying it as 
a spare part from Dell, or on eBay like this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-PERC-4e-DC-LSI-MegaRaid-320-2E-PCI-E-X6847_W0QQitemZ110157845222QQihZ001QQcategoryZ39968QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's made by LSI Logic under their MegaRAID brand, so you may also be 
able to source it through an LSI Logic reseller.  MegaRAID has been 
supported in Linux for ages now.

Regards,
Paul

sothisistheinternet wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need to source a PCIe x1 SCSI RAID card (preferably brand name).
> Adaptec has a PCIe SCSI card, but it's not a RAID card. We have one
> PCIX slot occupied by a SCSI card and we have three PCIe x1 slots to
> use, but finding a card for these has been surprisingly difficult.
> Linux support would be great, but at this point we'll do what we need
> to do with the servers after we determine if we can even get the
> required hardware to suit what we already have.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Ari
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