about to try RAID....

["P.Dixon" <P.Dixon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

We're about to try xfs and software raid. We've done this in the past
using 3x Promise Ultra ATA 100TX2 controllers. However, I've seen on this
list a few bad comments about Promise, so I was wondering if there are any
alternatives that people think would be a better option.

This is what we plan to do:

Using a standard motherboad/CPU in a large tower case, we want to use 8x
IBM 61.5 GB hard disks in a software RAID 5 configuration (using XFS of
course).

Any hints/tips would be greatly appreciated.

Cheerio,
                                        Paul

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