[NTLUG:Discuss] Video card recommendations

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 21:31 -0500, Jay Urish wrote:
> Maybe 0+1

BTW, if you're doing RAID-0, 1 or 10 (0+1), then 3Ware is unbeatable.
You don't want a buffering microcontroller and Dynamic RAM (DRAM).
You want a storage switch ASIC with 0 wait state static RAM (SRAM)
SRAM is what you find in CPU cache logic, network switches, etc...

Grab a 3Ware Escalade 8506-4LP and you'll know what I mean.
The Linux support is absolute.

If you're looking for an SATA hot-swap chassis, consider:  
  http://us.enlightcorp.com/products/server/detel.php?kind=servercases&serial=42  

The 8506-4LP runs about $300.
The [optional] EN-8721 runs about $150.


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