[ale] Libranet questions

[Brian Chase]

If you're new to Linux, you may want to see if Webmin works well under 
Libranet, as I have found it to be an invaluable tool for administering 
server functionality for several other distributions, might work well for 
you and has remote web-based management and SSL security built in.

I have a Promise Fastrack 100TX2 RAID card and it offers POOR support for 
RAID and drivers for Linux.  I believe this applies to all linux 
distro's.  I have done my own research on the topic and have decided to 
bite the bullet and go with the 3Ware Escalade 7006-2 IDE Raid Controller 
for true hardware RAID and excellent Linux support.

I will not use anything from Promise in any Linux systems of mine due to 
their poor support of Linux.  Besides, the Promise chipsets are kinda 
like Winmodems that borrow mainboard system resources and don't even have 
their own controllers on-board.  For that reason, they only have the RAID 
performance of software RAID.  I want BIOS level hardware RAID for any 
mission critical data and you might re-think that as well.

Best of luck, hope my opinions and observations helped in making and 
informed decision.

Kind Regards,

BC



Greg wrote:

> I have been using Libranet 2.81 (a Debian based distro) as a workstation for
> myself and my wife (yes !) and was wondering if anyone was using it in a
> server mode - specifically as a file/Samba server with software RAID.
> 
> I was also wondering if anyone using Libranet had any problems with it
> recognizing the Promise IDE controller cards (the ones that come bundled
> with Maxtor hard drives) and what, if any, solutions they had found.
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 	Greg
> 
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