Re: [TCLUG:20733] Dell RAID controllers?

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

i've seen dell ship with mylex, in the past, but now i see them shipping
PERC2 controlers

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

> anyone know which brand of RAID controller Dell servers ship with? (the low-end single-channel one).
> the slippery salesdroid I spoke to didn't seem to know what he was talking about.
> 
> they must be supported under Linux, because Dell ships RH6.2 on their servers; but the question is *how well is it supported*?
> Here at Real-Time we like Mylex controllers, because they're manageable through a /proc filesystem interface (great for remote diagnostics). no other controller has that, As Far As We Know.
> 
> anyone have good/bad/indifferent experiences with Dell servers?
> 
> Carl Soderstrom
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