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

[sothisistheinternet]

Hi Paul,

That's a PCIe x8 card. Can that be used in an x1 slot?

Ari

On 8/10/07, Paul Antoine <pma-la at milleng.com.au> wrote:
> 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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