10-21-2009
efficient raid file server
I need to put together a RAID1 file server for use by Windoze systems. I've built zillions of windows systems from components. I was a HPUX SE for a long time at HP, but have been out of the game for years.
I've got an old workhorse mobo FIC PA-2013 with a 450 MHz K6 III+ I could use, but I'd need to get a RAID card for that.
I've also got a PCCHIPS M789 mobo with the VIA C3 processor, and likely have some memory for that, would still need a RAID card.
I won't be doing video editing over the LAN which is currently 100 BT.
I would like a balance between performance and operation cost (ever calculate what 500 watts costs for 24x7?) It occurred to me that if I need to buy a RAID card I might be better off buying a new MOBO with the raid built in with a second or third tier efficient processor.
I would appreciate recommendations for both hardware and flavor of LINUX.
I realize that there may be posts here relating to this topic, but I haven't stumbled upon any.
tanksAbunch
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aac(7D) Devices aac(7D)
NAME
aac - SCSI HBA driver for Adaptec AdvancedRAID Controller
DESCRIPTION
The aac plain SCSI host bus adapter driver is a SCSA-compliant nexus driver that supports the Adaptec 2200S/ 2120S SCSI RAID card and Dell
PERC 3Di SCSI RAID controller.
The aac driver ports from FreeBSD and only supports basic RAID disk I/O functions.
DRIVER CONFIGURATION
There are no user configurable parameters available. Please configure your hardware through BIOS.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |x86 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
FILES
/kernel/drv/aac
32-bit ELF kernel module
/kernel/drv/aac.conf
Configuration file. (Contains no user-configurable options).
SEE ALSO
prtconf(1M), attributes(5), scsi_hba_attach(9F), scsi_sync_pkt(9F), scsi_transport(9F), scsi_device(9S), scsi_inquiry(9S), scsi_pkt(9S)
Small Computer System Interface-2 (SCSI-2)
SunOS 5.10 18 Aug 2004 aac(7D)