SCSI Hardware


There's a lot of SCSI solutions out there. Not all work and some are just crap. There's a lack of good support from a lot manafactors specifically for Linux. As for RAID Controllers, they do exist. They just don't have the software to configure them under Linux. You have to boot from a MSDOS floppy and run the config program. Maybe using Dosemu might work??

PCI Controllers

The cards listed below are the ones Infinex and I use.
 BusLogic 958 If your MB doesn't come with on board SCSI, this is a must get. Check http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/BusLogic.html for latest drivers.
 Adaptec 7xxx I've seen from benchmarks I've ran personally that a built in AIC-7xxx runs faster then the BusLogic card. The chipset is picky when it comes to termination.
 SymBios/NCR8[1,2,7][0,5] They are cheap and work great!! I don't have a list of card that use the chipset. A card with the 810/25 shouldn't cost more then $50. The 875 shouldn't more then $100

A nice price for NCR chipset cards can be found at Acme Micro. For The BusLogic 958 check out Net Express.


PCI RAID Controllers

I personally never have used a PCI RAID card under linux. From what I understand, Manufactors of RAID controllers have yet to make The software to configure The card while in The Linux OS. Don't get me wrong they do work under linux you just have to goto MSDOS or reboot to get into The bios of The card to setup RAID. Here's The hardware I've found that are suppose to work with Linux. If you know of any RAID PCI cards that isn't like please email to get it listed.
 DPT  I believe all their PCI cards work under Linux.
 Mylex Drivers still being developed at http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/DAC960.html
 ICP-Vortex  Driver can be found at http://www.icp-vortex.com/supp/down/linux/linux_e.html
Compaq Smart-2  Driver is still being developed at http://www.insync.net/~frantzc/cpqarray.html
  More to come...  
   
   
   


Outboard RAID Solutions

Outboard RAID is where The RAID lives outside your unix box. No need for driver because it makes it masquerades itself a one huge HD(s) and smart enough to control itself. Most if not all Outboard RAID will work with any OS.



Links

Check out http://linas.org/linux/raid.html Just follow The links on that page to find more PCI and Outboard RAID solutions.