NET EXPRESS |
SCSI Controllers, FireWire and RAID Adapters |
Prices updated 05/05/2002 - these prices may be out of date. Please contact us via e-mail for updates (sales@netexpresslabs.com). RAID setup, configuration, testing, burn-in and operating system RAID configuration is free. We offer complete RAID solutions for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, BSDi, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, Netware, Windows NT, Windows 9X and Solaris.
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RAID Adapters |
Mylex ExtremeRAID 2000 Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Fibre PCI RAID ControllersIf you are looking for RAID nirvana this is it. The Extreme RAID 2000 Series is Mylex's top of the line, Flagship, Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI RAID controller. The Extreme 2000 series gets its exceptional performance from Intel's StrongArm SA-110 233MHz(!) 32-bit RISC I/O microprocessor. Intel acquired the StrongArm technology from DEC. The SA-110 performs at 268 MIPS (compare that to well under 100 MIPS for any of the other models on this page). Moreover, the StrongArm processor supports faster SDRAM cache instead of slower EDO cache. It can perform over 8,000 I/O's per second compared to 2,500 I/O per second typically achieved by average RAID controllers. ExtremeRAID 2000 features four Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI channel. Each channel features a Symbios SCSI chip. 15 devices per channel are supported (four per channel maximum is suggested). 32MB or 64MB of SDRAM cache is included. Supported RAID levels include RAID 0, 1 3, 5, 0+1, 10, 30, 50 and JBOD. Drivers are available for Linux, Windows 2000 and NT, Netware, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, Solaris x86, ODT &OSR 5.x, OS/2 and DOS. The Linux driver is implemented as a block device driver instead of as a standard generic SCSI driver so performance under Linux is extremely good. However, generic SCSI devices like CD-ROM's and tape drives are not supported. The ExtremeRAID series is I20 hardware ready and Microsoft Server Cluster certified allowing two NT Server hosts to access one RAID storage device for high availability. It supports hot pluggable and hot standby disks with automatic disk rebuild. Its PCI hot plug feature allows the controller to be replaced in a running system if the motherboard supports hot plug PCI. Other specs: 64-bit PCI, +5V 3.5A (17.5W) 200,000 hour MTBF, 256 tag queue commands and 64 concurrent commands. PCI-to-PCI bridge support is required (this is supported by all our mother boards). A cache battery back-up is included. |
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ExtremeRAID 2000 4 Ultra160 SCSI Channels |
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E2000-4-32BD | Mylex ExtremeRAID 2000 with 4 Int Channel / 4 Ext Channel and 32MB ECC Cache | For the latest on the Linux driver see Dandelion Digital's Linux DAC960 Page). See Mylex's Specs. | $1650 |
E2000-4-64BD | Mylex ExtremeRAID 2000 with 4 Int Channel / 4 Ext Channel and 64MB ECC Cache | For the latest on the Linux driver see Dandelion Digital's Linux DAC960 Page). See Mylex's Specs. | $1750 |
Mylex Extreme RAID 3000 Fiber Channle and Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI PCI RAID ControllersIf you are looking for RAID nirvana this is it. The Extreme RAID 3000 Series is Mylex's top of the line, Flagship, Fiber Channel and Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI RAID controller. The Extreme RAID 3000 gets its exceptional performance from Intel's StrongArm SA-110 233MHz(!) 64-bit RISC I/O microprocessor. Intel acquired the StrongArm technology from DEC. The SA-110 performs at 268 MIPS (compare that to well under 100 MIPS for any of the other models on this page). Moreover, the StrongArm processor supports faster SDRAM cache instead of slower EDO cache. It can perform over 8,000 I/O's per second compared to 2,500 I/O per second typically achieved by average RAID controllers. The Extreme RAID 3000 series is available with 2 Fiber Channel and 1 Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI channels. The Ultra2Wide channel features a QLogic Ultra2 Wide SCSI chip. 126 devices are supported on each FC-AL (Fiber channel) channels and 15 devices per U2W LVD channel are supported (four per channel maximum is suggested). 32MB or 64MB of SDRAM cache is included. Supported RAID levels include RAID 0, 1 3, 5, 0+1, 10, 30, 50 and JBOD. Drivers are available for Linux, Windows 2000 and NT, Netware, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, Solaris x86 and DOS. The Linux driver is implemented as a block device driver instead of as a standard generic SCSI driver so performance under Linux is extremely good. However, generic SCSI devices like CD-ROM's and tape drives are not supported. The ExtremeRAID series is I20 hardware ready and Microsoft Server Cluster certified allowing two NT Server hosts to access one RAID storage device for high availability. It supports hot pluggable and hot standby disks with automatic disk rebuild. Its PCI hot plug feature allows the controller to be replaced in a running system if the motherboard supports hot plug PCI. Other specs: 64-bit PCI, +5V 3.5A (17.5W) 200,000 hour MTBF, 256 tag queue commands and 64 concurrent commands. PCI-to-PCI bridge support is required (this is supported by all our mother boards). A cache battery back-up is included. |
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E3000-2-32BD | Mylex Extreme RAID 3000 with 2 Fiber Channel SCSI Channels and 1 Ultra2Wide SCSI Channels and 32MB ECC SDRAM Cache and 64-bit PCI edge connector | For the latest on the Linux driver see Dandelion Digital's Linux DAC960 Page). See Mylex's Specs. | $1800 |
E3000-2-64BD | Mylex Extreme RAID 3000 with 2 Fiber Channel SCSI Channels and 1 Ultra2Wide SCSI Channels and 64MB ECC SDRAM Cache and 64-bit PCI edge connector | For the latest on the Linux driver see Dandelion Digital's Linux DAC960 Page). See Mylex's Specs. | $2110 |
Mylex AcceleRAID Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI PCI RAID ControllersThe AcceleRAID is Mylex's entry level Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI RAID controller. The AcceleRAID170 series features the Intel i960RM 100MHz 32-bit I/O microprocessor and symbios Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI host chip sets. Models feature 32MB or 64MB of ECC SDRAM cache and a 32-bit PCI edge connector. The AcceleRAID352 series features the Intel i960RN 100MHz 64-bit I/O microprocessor and QLogic Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI host chip sets. AcceleRAID352 Models feature 32MB or 64MB of ECC SDRAM cache and a 64-bit PCI edge connector. The AcceleRAID170 has one Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI channel while the AcceleRAID352 models feature two Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI channels. 15 devices per channel are supported (four per channel maximum is suggested). Supported RAID levels include RAID 0, 1 3, 5, 0+1, 10, 30, 50 and JBOD. Drivers are available for Linux, Windows 2000 and NT, Netware, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, Solaris x86 and DOS. The Linux driver is implemented as a block device driver instead of as a standard generic SCSI driver so performance under Linux is extremely good. However, generic SCSI devices like CD-ROM's and tape drives are not supported. These models are I20 hardware ready and supports hot pluggable and hot standby disks with automatic disk rebuild. Other specs: +5V 3.5A (17.5W) 200,000 hour MTBF, 256 tag queue commands and 64 concurrent commands. PCI-to-PCI bridge support is required (this is supported by all our mother boards). |
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A170-1-16NB | Mylex AcceleRAID 170 with 1 Ultra160 Channel and 16MB ECC Cache 32-bit PCI | For the latest on the Linux driver see Dandelion Digital's Linux DAC960 Page). See Mylex's Specs. | $450 |
A170-1-32NB | Mylex AcceleRAID 170 with 1 Ultra160 Channel and 32MB ECC Cache 32-bit PCI | For the latest on the Linux driver see Dandelion Digital's Linux DAC960 Page). See Mylex's Specs. | $500 |
A170-1-64NB | Mylex AcceleRAID 170 with 1 Ultra160 Channel and 64MB ECC Cache 32-bit PCI | For the latest on the Linux driver see Dandelion Digital's Linux DAC960 Page). See Mylex's Specs. | $660 |
A352-2-32EB | Mylex AcceleRAID 352 with 2 Ultra160 Wide LVD Channels and 32MB ECC Cache 64-bit PCI | For the latest on the Linux driver see Dandelion Digital's Linux DAC960 Page). See Mylex's Specs. | $850 |
A352-2-64EB | Mylex AcceleRAID 352 with 2 Ultra160 Wide LVD Channel and 64MB ECC Cache 64-bit PCI | For the latest on the Linux driver see Dandelion Digital's Linux DAC960 Page). See Mylex's Specs. | $980 |
ICP-Vortex GDT RZ and RS Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI RAID SeriesThe RZ and RS RAID series is ICP-Vortex's high end Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI RAID controller. ICP-Vortex's RZ and RS RAID series features Intel's 100MHz i960RZ and 100Mhz i960RS 64-bit RISC I/O microprocessors respectively. They are available with 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI channels. Each channel features an LSI Ultra160 Wide SCSI chip. 15 devices per channel are supported (four per channel maximum is suggested). SDRAM Cache is supported via a single standard DIMM socket. Normal 64-bit or 72-bit DIMMs may be unutilized. No cache is included by default. A minimum of 32MB cache is required. A maximum of 128MB of cache is supported by the RS and 256MB by the RZ series. Supported RAID levels include RAID RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10. Drivers are available for Linux, DOS/Windows, Windows NT, Windows 9X, Netware, SCO Unix, OS/2, Interactive UNIX and UnixWare. Note that the Linux driver is implemented using the SCSI protocol in contrast to the Mylex Linux driver which treats all devices as block devices. The Linux block device approach is faster but lacks support for generic SCSI devices such as Tape drives and CD-ROM drives. The ICP-Vortex approach allows for full SCSI support for generic SCSI devices but at the expense of some performance. The RZ series is I20 hardware ready and supports hot pluggable and hot standby disks with automatic disk rebuild. PCI-to-PCI bridge support is required (this is supported by all our mother boards). Optional support for Microsoft Server Cluster is available in models as listed allowing two NT Server hosts to access one RAID storage device for high availability. |
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The following models feature 1, 2 or 3 Ultra160 Wide LVD Channels and a 32-bit 33MHz PCI edge connector |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
ICP-Vortex GDT6513RS | 32-bit PCI, Single Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channel model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 See Specs |
$548 |
ICP-Vortex GDT6523RS | 32-bit PCI, Two Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channels model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 See Specs |
$725 |
ICP-Vortex GDT6533RS | 32-bit PCI, Three Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channels model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 See Specs |
$898 |
The following models feature 1 or 2 Ultra160 Wide LVD Channels and a 32-bit 66MHz Low Profile PCI edge connector |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
ICP-Vortex GDT4513RZ | 32-bit PCI, Single Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channel model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 See Specs |
$885 |
ICP-Vortex GDT4523RZ | 32-bit PCI, Two Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channels model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 See Specs |
$1038 |
The following models feature 2, 4 or 6 Ultra160 Wide LVD Channels, a 64-bit 66MHz PCI edge connector without clustering support |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
ICP-Vortex GDT8523RZ | 64-bit Two Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channel model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 See Specs |
$1280 |
ICP-Vortex GDT8543RZ | 64-bit Four Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channels model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 See Specs |
$1510 |
ICP-Vortex GDT8563RZ | 64-bit Six Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channels model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 See Specs |
$1740 |
The following models feature 2, 4 or 6 Ultra160 Wide LVD Channels, a 64-bit 66MHz PCI edge connector with clustering support |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
ICP-Vortex GDT8623RZ | 64-bit PCI, Two Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channel model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 with Clustering See Specs |
$1500 |
ICP-Vortex GDT8643RZ | 64-bit PCI, Four Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channels model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 with Clustering See Specs |
$1730 |
ICP-Vortex GDT8663RZ | 64-bit PCI, Six Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI Channels model, RAID 0,1,4,5,10 with Clustering See Specs |
$1960 |
The SCSI Wonder Ultra2 Wide LVD Expander |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
ICP-Vortex SCSI Wonder | SCSI Wonder termination kit that allows for longer cable lengths and reduces SCSI signal noise See Specs |
$480 |
ICP-Vortex SCSI Director | 19" Rackmount Wide/Ultra160 Bus Expander |
$1300 |
ICP-Vortex GDT RN Fiber Channel FC-AL RAID SeriesThe RN RAID series is ICP-Vortex's Fiber Channel (FC-AL) RAID controller. ICP-Vortex's RD RAID series features Intel's 66MHz i960RN 64-bit RISC I/O microprocessor. It is available with 1 or 2 Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) SCSI channels (100MB/S) supporting up to 126 FC hard disks per loop via the 1Gb on-board copper-media transceiver (DB-9). Each loop can be up to 25 meters. An optional external media interface adapter (MIA) also enables the use of fiber optic cables for support of lengths up to 500 meters. UW and Ultra SE SCSI channels are provided for legacy generic SCSI devices. SDRAM Cache is supported via a single normal DIMM socket. Normal 64-bit or 72-bit DIMMs may be unutilized. No cache is included by default. A minimum of 16MB cache is required. A maximum of 128MB of cache is supported. Controllers feature a 64-bit PCI edge connector that is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI slots. Supported RAID levels include RAID RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10. Drivers are available for Linux, DOS/Windows, Windows NT, Windows 9X, Netware, SCO Unix, OS/2, Interactive UNIX and UnixWare. Note that the Linux driver is implemented using the SCSI protocol in contrast to the Mylex Linux driver which treats all devices as block devices. The Linux block device approach is faster but lacks support for generic SCSI devices such as Tape drives and CD-ROM drives. The ICP-Vortex approach allows for full SCSI support for generic SCSI devices but at the expense of some performance. The RD series is I20 hardware ready and supports hot pluggable and hot standby disks with automatic disk rebuild. PCI-to-PCI bridge support is required (this is supported by all our mother boards). Optional support for Microsoft Server Cluster is available upon request at an additional cost as either a module or as an integrated solution allowing two NT Server hosts to access one RAID storage device for high availability. Please ask for pricing. |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
ICP-Vortex GDT7529RN | $2350 | |
The following models include support for Windows Cluster Server |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
ICP-Vortex GDT7629RN | $2580 | |
Fibre Hub |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
Fibre Hub | Fibre Hub 1016 - 19" Rackmount 16 Port FC Hub |
$1770 |
Adaptec Ultra2 and Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI and Fiber Channel FC-AL RAID ControllersAdaptec has aquired DPT primarily for their Fiber Channel technology. The DPT Millennium V series continues to be offered. The Millennium V Fiber channel series is now Adaptec's flagship FC-AL product. However, the older Millennium V models featuring the Symbios U2W LVD SCSI cVips are being slowly phased out and replaced by Adaptec's own 3000 and 2000 series featuring Adaptec's own Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI chips. These controllers represent a big leap forward for Adaptec over their previous generation of RAID controllers. However, Adaptec is still by no means the performance leader in the RAID market. Performance of the 3000 series is similar to the Mylex AcceleRAID352 or ICP-Vortex GDT RN Series. Performance 2000 series is similar to the Mylex AcceleRAID 170 or ICP-Vortex GDT RS Series. |
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Adaptec DPT Millennium V with 1 or 2 Fiber Channal channels and 64-bit PCI w/ Intel i960 HD I/O processor: The SmartRaid V Millennium Fiber Channel series is Adaptec/DPT's high end Fiber Channel (FC-L) SCSI RAID controller. The SmartRaid V Millennium series features Intel's 66MHz i960HD 32-bit RISC I/O microprocessor. It is available with 1 or 2 Fiber Channel FC-AL SCSI channels. Each channel supports up to 126 devices. ECC EDO cache is supported via a two S-DIMM sockets. 16MB cache is included by default. A maximum of 256MB of cache is supported. An optional cache battery back-up may be added for an additional charge. Supported RAID levels include RAID RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1 and 0+5. Drivers are available for Linux, Windows NT, Windows 9X, Netware, OS/2, SCO OpenServer and UnixWare. Note that the Linux driver is implemented using the SCSI protocol in contrast to the Mylex Linux driver which treats all devices as block devices. The Linux block device approach is faster but lacks support for generic SCSI devices such as Tape drives and CD-ROM drives. The ICP-Vortex approach allows for full SCSI support for generic SCSI devices but at the expense of some performance. The RD series is I20 hardware ready and supports hot pluggable and hot standby disks with automatic disk rebuild. PCI-to-PCI bridge support is required (this is supported by all our mother boards). |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
Adaptec DPT Millennium V PM3755F-16M | Single FC-AL Channel (upgrades to 2 channels), 16MB Cache included, upgrades to 256MB of EDO cache with four standard SIMM sockets, i960HD I/O Processor, 64-bit PCI, RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1 and 0+5, 126 devices per FC-AL channel, Drivers for Windows NT and 98/95, NetWare and UnixWare and SCO OpenServer, Linux See Specs | $1800 |
Adaptec DPT Millennium V PM3755F-2F-16M | Two FC-AL Channel, 16MB Cache included, upgrades to 256MB of EDO cache with four standard SIMM sockets, i960HD I/O Processor, 64-bit PCI, RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1 and 0+5, 126 devices per FC-AL channel, Drivers for Windows NT and 98/95, NetWare and UnixWare and SCO OpenServer, Linux See Specs | $2100 |
Adaptec 5000 and 3000 Series Ultra160 Wide LVD RAID Controllers: The Adaptec 3000 series is Adaptec's high end Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI RAID controller. The 3000 series features Intel's 100MHz i960RN 64-bit RISC I/O microprocessor. Performance is similar to the Mylex AcceleRAID352 or ICP-Vortex GDT RN Series. The 3000 series is available with 2 or 4 Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI channels. Each channel features an Adaptec Ultra160 Wide SCSI chip. 15 devices per channel are supported (four per channel maximum is suggested). 32MB of cache is included. A maximum of 128MB of cache is supported. An optional cache battery back-up may be added for an additional charge. Supported RAID levels include RAID RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1 and 0+5. Drivers are available for Linux, Windows NT and 2000, Windows 9X, Netware, SCO OpenServer, SCO UnixWare, FreeBSD and BSDi. Note that the Linux driver is implemented using the SCSI protocol in contrast to the Mylex Linux driver which treats all devices as block devices. The Linux block device approach is faster but lacks support for generic SCSI devices such as Tape drives and CD-ROM drives. The ICP-Vortex approach allows for full SCSI support for generic SCSI devices but at the expense of some performance. The 3000 series is I20 hardware ready and supports hot pluggable and hot standby disks with automatic disk rebuild. PCI-to-PCI bridge support is required (this is supported by all our mother boards). |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
Adaptec 5400S | The Adaptec SCSI RAID 5400S is a four channel SCSI RAID controller based on the 64-bit Intel StrongArm I/O processor offering class leading data throughput. Advanced features include Online Capacity Expansion, Online RAID Level Migration (Morphing), and multiple LUNs per Array, where each LUN can have a unique RAID level and stripe size. Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 0/1, 5, 0/5, and JBOD configurations. Full OS support for FreeBSD, Unix, Linux, Windows, DOS and Netware. Supports up to 60 SCSI HDD, and up to 64 Arrays per controller. Expandable cache memory from 128MB to 256MB includes a battery backup module. | $1540 |
Adaptec 3410S | Four-channel, 64-bit/66MHz Ultra160 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3410S provides maximum performance and expandability for todays mid-range server environments, conventional and rackmount, where performance and expandability are paramount but cost is a consideration. Features a true 64-bit / 66MHz microprocessor with optional battery backup module. Supports host memory configurations greater than 4 GB, PCI Hot Plug, and advanced RAID features such as OCE and background initialization. RAID 0, 1, 0/1, 5, 0/5, JBOD. 64 MB of industry-standard ECC SDRAM DIMM cache memory (expandable to 256MB). Full OS support, including Microsoftr Windows XP, Win 95/98/ME, Win NT, Windows 2000 Professional & Server, RedHat and SuSE Linux, NetWare, SCO Unix and FreeBSD. | $1245 |
Adaptec 3210S | Two-channel, 64-bit/66MHz Ultra160 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3210S provides maximum performance and expandability for todays mid-range server environments, conventional and rackmount, where performance is paramount but cost is a consideration. Features a true 64-bit / 66MHz microprocessor with optional battery backup module. Supports host memory configurations greater than 4 GB, PCI Hot Plug, and advanced RAID features such as OCE and background initialization. RAID 0, 1, 0/1, 5, 0/5, JBOD. 32 MB of industry-standard ECC SDRAM DIMM cache memory (expandable to 256MB). Full OS support, including Microsoftr Windows XP, Win 95/98/ME, Win NT, Windows 2000 Professional & Server, RedHat and SuSE Linux, NetWare, SCO Unix and FreeBSD. | $849 |
Adaptec 2000 Series Ultra160 Wide LVD RAID Controllers: The Adaptec 2000 series is Adaptec's low end Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI RAID controller. The 2000 series features Intel's 100MHz i960RS 32-bit RISC I/O microprocessor. Performance is similar to the Mylex AcceleRAID 170 or ICP-Vortex GDT RS Series. The 2000 series is available with 1 Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI channel. The channel features an Adaptec Ultra160 Wide SCSI chip. 15 devices per channel are supported (four per channel maximum is suggested). 32MB of cache is included. A maximum of 128MB of cache is supported. No option for a cache battery back-up is available. Supported RAID levels include RAID RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1 and 0+5. Drivers are available for Linux, Windows NT and 2000, Windows 9X, Netware, SCO OpenServer, SCO UnixWare, FreeBSD and BSDi. Note that the Linux driver is implemented using the SCSI protocol in contrast to the Mylex Linux driver which treats all devices as block devices. The Linux block device approach is faster but lacks support for generic SCSI devices such as Tape drives and CD-ROM drives. The ICP-Vortex approach allows for full SCSI support for generic SCSI devices but at the expense of some performance. The 2000 series is I20 hardware ready and supports hot pluggable and hot standby disks with automatic disk rebuild. PCI-to-PCI bridge support is required (this is supported by all our mother boards). |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
Adaptec 2000S | The Adaptec SCSI RAID 2000S is a full-featured, 0-channel, RAID card that uses the Adaptec SCSI chip on the motherboard. The low profile design is ideal in entry-level servers and workstations. Features the new Adaptec AIC-7930W, a 64-bit/66MHz I/O processor. Its low power consumption at 2 watts is about ¬ the consumption of competitive I/O processors, making it perfect for high-density server environments. RAID 0, 1, 0/1, 5, 0/5, JBOD. 48MB of ECC fixed cache memory. OS support for: Microsoftr Windows XP/95/98/Me/NT/2000; NetWare; SCO Unix; Linux; FreeBSD. Requires an Adaptec EMRL enabled or Intel RAIDIOS enabled PCI. | $315 |
Adaptec 2005S | The Adaptec SCSI RAID 2005S is a full-featured, 0-channel, RAID card that uses the Adaptec SCSI chip on the motherboard. The innovative daughter card design is ideal in entry-level servers and workstations. Features the new Adaptec AIC-7930W, a 64-bit/66MHz I/O processor. Its low power consumption at 2 watts is about ¬ the consumption of competitive I/O processors, making it perfect for high-density server environments. RAID 0, 1, 0/1, 5, 0/5, JBOD. 48MB of ECC fixed cache memory. OS support for: Microsoftr Windows XP/95/98/Me/NT/2000; NetWare; SCO Unix OpenServer; Linux; FreeBSD. Requires an Adaptec EMRL enabled SO-DIMM socket. | $315 |
Adaptec 2100S | The Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S is a full-featured, half-sized, microprocessor-based Ultra160 SCSI RAID solution for entry-level servers, conventional and 1U/2U rackmount, and workstations. It offers the same fault tolerance features and performance found in more expensive high-end RAID controllers at a fraction of the cost. Supports advanced RAID features such as OCE. RAID 0, 1, 0/1, 5, 0/5, JBOD. 32MB of socketed SDRAM cache memory (expandable to 128MB). Full OS support, including Microsoftr Windows XP, Win 95/98, Win NT/2000, Linux, NetWare, Unix and more. | $499 |
Adaptec 2105S | The low-profile one-channel Adaptec SCSI RAID 2110S is an affordable full-featured 64-bit/66MHz Ultra160 RAID controller that is ideal for entry level and high-density server environments. Its low-profile (MD2) form factor makes cabling and configuring high-density servers a breeze. Supports host memory configurations greater than 4 GB, PCI Hot Plug, and advanced RAID features such as OCE and background initialization. RAID 0, 1, 0/1, 5, 0/5, JBOD. 32 MB of fixed ECC SDRAM cache memory. Full OS support, including Win 95/98/ME, Win NT/2000, Linux, NetWare, SCO Unix and FreeBSD. | $499 |
SCSI Controllers and FireWire |
Emulex Fiber Channel SCSI PCI Controllers and HubsEmulex is a top brand name in Fiber Channel PCI adapters and Fiber Channel Hubs. |
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Emulex Fiber Channel SCSI PCI Controllers |
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Part # | Model | Specifications | Price |
LP3000-D1 | Emulex FIBRE CHANNEL 1PT SINGLE CHAN PCI ADPT | See Specs | $487 |
LP3000DC-D1 | Emulex FIBRE CHANNEL 2PT DUAL CHAN PCI ADPT | See Specs | $763 |
LP7000-T1 GOV | Emulex FIBRE CHANNEL PCI HOST BUS ADAPTER GOV | See Specs | $1,231 |
Emulex Fiber Channel Hubs |
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Part # | Model | Specifications | Price |
LH1005 | Emulex LIGHTPULSE FIBRE 5PT FO HUB | See Specs | $991 |
LH2000 | Emulex LIGHTPULSE FIBRE 10PT FO HUB | See Specs | $5,971 |
LH2002 | Emulex LIGHTPULSE FIBRE 10PT 8F/2C HUB | See Specs | $5,514 |
Emulex Fiber Channel Hub Modules |
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Part # | Model | Specifications | Price |
LH5000 | Emulex FIBRE CHANNEL DIGITAL HUB 10BT ETH MGMT PORT | See Specs | $2,857 |
LH5010 | Emulex FIBRE CHANNEL DIGITAL HUB 10BT ETH MGMT PORT | See Specs | $2,423 |
LGB100L1 | Emulex GBIC MOD FOR LH5000 FIBRE CHANNEL HUBS | See Specs | $1153 |
LGB100N1 | Emulex GBIC MOD FOR LH5000 FIBRE CHANNEL HUBS | See Specs | $366 |
LGB100T1 | Emulex GBIC MOD FOR LH5000 FIBRE CHANNEL HUBS COPPER | See Specs | $120 |
QLogic Fiber Channel SCSI PCI ControllersQLogic is one of the largest suppliers of Fiber Channel SCSI PCI controllers. Their QLA2100 family features 33MHz and 66MHz 64-bit PCI with a FL-port with bandwidth of up to 100MB/S over 10KM distance. Their QLA2200 family features 33MHz and 66MHz 64-bit PCI with a FL or F-port with bandwidth of up to 200MB/S (full duplex) over 20KM distance. Models ending in /33 and /66 respectively features 33MHz and 66MHz PCI edge connectors. Models with "F," "2F" or "4F" in the model number feature one, two or four SC multi-mode fiber connectors for multi-mode optical media. Models without an "F" or "G" use a single external HSSDC copper connector for copper media. Models with a "G" alone do not include a GBIC. Models with a "GC" include a copper GBIC. Models with a "GF" include a fiber GBIC. Models with a "GX" support single-mode fiber with no GBIC included. Drivers exist for Windows 2000, NT, Unixware, NetWare, SCO UNIX, Solaris x86 and Sparc, Linux, AIX and others. |
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QLA2100/33 PCI FC HOST ADPT COPP W/CBL 64B | $800 |
QLA2100/66 PCI FC HOST ADPT COPP W/CBL 64B | $930 |
QLA2100F/33 PCI FC HOST ADPT DUAL SC W/CABLE | $1050 |
QLA2100F/66 PCI FC HOST ADPT DUAL SC W/CABLE | $1,170 |
QLA2200/33 PCI FC HOST ADPT COPP W/CABLE | $950 |
QLA2200/66 PCI FC HOST ADPT COPP W/CABLE | $1070 |
QLA2200F/33 PCI FC HOST ADPT DUAL SC W/CABLE | $1,200 |
QLA2200F/66 PCI FC HOST ADPT DUAL SC W/CABLE | $1,320 |
QLA2200GC/66 PCI FC HOST ADPT GBIC W/CABLE | $1,230 |
QLA2200GF/66 PCI FC HOST ADPT MMF GBIC W/C | $1,470 |
QLA2202F/33 PCI FC HOST ADPT 2 DUAL SC W/CBL | $2,130 |
QLA2202F/66 PCI FC HOST ADPT 2 DUAL SC W/CBL | $2,360 |
HBA FAILOVER S/W 2100 2200 2202F SERIES | $380 |
Interphase Fiber Channel SCSI PCI ControllersInterphase offers a variety of Fiber Channel SCSI PCI controllers, ATM adapters and various WAN cards. |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
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4531-000 011124 | PMC ATM OVER DS3 T3 | $1,294.44 |
4531-001 011125 | PMC ATM OVER E3 E3 | $1,294.44 |
4534-003 011126 | PMC 4 PT SERIAL I/O CONTROLLER | $1,105.35 |
4535-000 011127 | PMC DUAL T1/E1 CNTRL W/SAR | $1,294.44 |
4535-001 011128 | PMC DUAL T1/E1 CNTRL W/SAR + CAM | $1,357.48 |
4535-002 011129 | PMC DUAL T1/E1 CNTRL W/PWRQUICC MH | $1,294.44 |
4535-005 011130 | 4535-0 + LYNX SDK T1/E1 | $1,772.63 |
4535-006 011131 | 4535-000 + VXWORKS SDK T1/E1 | $1,772.63 |
4535-007 011132 | 4535-1 + LYNX SDK T1/E1 | $1,735.66 |
4535-008 011133 | 4535-001 + VXWORKS SDK T1/E1 | $1,735.66 |
4535-009 011134 | 4535-002 + LYNX SDK T1/E1 | $1,772.63 |
4535-010 011135 | 4535-002 + VXWORKS SDK T1/E1 | $1,772.63 |
4575-002 011136 | PMC ATM ADPT 1M RAM SC MULTIMODE FIBER | $790.19 |
4575-006 011137 | PMC ATM ADPT 1M RAM RJ-45 COPPER | $620.01 |
4575-007 011138 | PMC ATM ADPT 1M RAM 4K VCS RJ-45 COPPER | $664.13 |
4575-009 011139 | PMC ATM ADPT 1M RAM SC SINGLE MODE FIBER | $2050.82 |
4575-010 011140 | PMC ATM ADPT 1M RAM 4K VCS SC SM FIBR | $2094.94 |
4575-014 011141 | PMC ATM ADPT 1M RAM 4K VCS SC MM Fiber | $834.32 |
5526-018 011151 | 32-BIT PCI 1GB FC ADPT EMBEDDED MULTIMODE FC | $1042.32 |
5526-019 011152 | 32-BIT PCI 1GB FC ADPT EMBEDDED DB-9 COPPER | $979.28 |
5527-000 167167 | POWERSAN 64BIT PCI FC MMF GBIC HOST ADPT | $1,135.51 7 |
5527-001 167168 | POWERSAN 64BIT PCI FC COPPER GBIC HOST ADPT | $1070.59 4 |
5527-002 167169 | POWERSAN 64BIT PCI FC SMF GBIC HOST ADPT | $1,247.06 6 |
5527-003 011156 | 64-BIT PCI 1GB FC ADPT MULTIMODE FIBRE GBIC | $1,168.38 |
5527-004 011157 | 64-BIT PCI 1GB FC ADPT DB-9 COPPER GBIC | $1,105.35 |
5527-005 011158 | 64-BIT PCI 1GB FC ADPT SINGLE MODE FIBRE GBIC | $1,357.48 |
552C-002 167163 | PCI ULTRA2 SCSI 10/100 NTWK STORAGE ADAPTER | $752.18 5 |
552C-003 167164 | PCI ULTRA2 SCSI 10/100 NW ADAPTER W/CONFIG KIT | $786.69 6 |
5535-010 167170 | ENTIA 1PORT PCI ATM T1/E1 COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLE | $1,719.81 |
5541-001 011171 | 64-BIT PCI 1GB FC HBA MULTIMODE FIBER GBIC HH | $916.25 |
5541-002 011172 | 64-BIT PCI 1GB FC HBA MULTIMODE FIBER GBIC FH | $916.25 |
5541-003 011173 | 64-BIT PCI 1GB FC HBA DB9 COPPER GBIC | $727.16 |
5541-004 011174 | 64-BIT PCI 1GB FC HBA DB9 COPPER GBIC | $727.16 |
5541-005 011175 | 64-BIT PCI 1GB FC HBA GBIC 2 HSSDC COPPER | $727.16 |
5541-006 011176 | 64-BIT PCI 1GB FC HBA GBIC 2 HSSDC COPPER | $727.16 |
554E-001 011170 | QUAD-PORT FETH ADPT RJ-45 COPPER | $468.73 |
5570-002 167179 | POWERSAN 2000 1GB EMB MULTIMODE FC + 1GB ETH | $1,330.27 |
5575-002 167171 | PCI SC MULTIMODE FC ATM ADPT W/ 1MB RAM | $895.30 |
5575-006 167173 | PCI RJ-45 COPPER FC ATM ADPT W/ 1MB RAM | $765.45 3 |
5575-007 167174 | PCI RJ-45 COPPER FC ATM ADPT W/ 1MB RAM 4K VCS | $810.90 4 |
5575-009 167175 | PCI SC SINGLEMODE FC ATM ADPT W/ 1MB RAM | $2,293.74 3 |
5575-010 167176 | PCI SC SINGLEMODE FC ATM ADPT W/ 1MB RAM 4K VCS | $2,339.19 |
5575-018 167208 | PCI SC MULTIMODE FC ATM ADPT W/ 1MB RAM 4K VCS | $916.25 9 |
6526-000 011142 | COMPACTPCI FC HOST ADPT GLM DB9 | $1,961.73 |
6526-001 011143 | COMPACTPCI FC HOST ADPT NONOFC GLM SC | $1,961.73 |
6526-002 011144 | COMPACTPCI FC HOST ADPT OFC GLM SC | $1,961.73 |
6575-002 011145 | COMPACTPCI ADPT 1M RAM SC MULTI FIBER | $1,457.48 |
6575-003 011146 | COMPACTPCI ATM ADPT 4K VCS SC MULTI FBR | $1,501.59 |
6575-006 011147 | COMPACTPCI ATM ADPT 1M RAM RJ-45 COP | $1,331.41 |
6575-007 011148 | COMPACTPCI ATM ADPT 4K VCS RJ-45 COP | $1,375.53 |
6575-008 011149 | COMPACTPCI ATM ADPT 1M RAM SC SM FBR | $2,800 |
6575-009 011150 | COMPACTPCI ATM ADPT 1M 4K VCS SC SM FB | $2,800 |
Adaptec SCSI and FireWire Controllers |
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Model | Specifications | Price |
AFC-9210LPC Copper Kit | Adaptec launches the industrys first low-profile 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel HBA, the AFC-9210LP. Bracket flexibility makes the AFC-9210LP ideal for rack/mount, pedestal, and mixed server environments. | $1116 |
AFC-9210LP Optical Kit | Adaptec launches the industrys first low-profile 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel HBA, the AFC-9210LP. Bracket flexibility makes the AFC-9210LP ideal for rack/mount, pedestal, and mixed server environments. | $1290 |
AFC-9210LP Optical Single | Adaptec launches the industrys first low-profile 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel HBA, the AFC-9210LP. Bracket flexibility makes the AFC-9210LP ideal for rack/mount, pedestal, and mixed server environments. | $1073 |
Adaptec 9110G 64-bit PCI Fiber Channel SCSI with copper interface | Fiber Channel SCSI controller with copper interface, for 64-bit PCI Bus, Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop, Drivers for Windows NT and 2000 See Specs | $1050 |
Adaptec 29160 OEM Ultra160 Wide SCSI 1600MB/S | PCI to Ultra160 Wide SCSI-III (160Mb/S). Utilizing Low Voltage Differential (LVD) technology. 64-bit PCI, Compatibility with legacy SCSI devices. Features two bus segments, one for Ultra160 devices and one for Ultra legacy devices. Maximum 12M SCSI bus length. 1 Internal HD68 Ultra160 Wide SCSI port, 1 Internal HD68 Ultra Wide SCSI port, 1 Internal DB50 Ultra SCSI port, 1 External HD68 Ultra160 Wide SCSI port, 15 SCSI Devices, Single RISC Processor. Drivers for Linux, FreeBSD, DOS/Win, Windows NT 4.0 & 5.0, Windows 95, Windows 98, SCO UnixWare 2.1.2, SCO UNIX 3.2v4.2, Netware 3 and 4.X, OS/2 Warp 3 & 4. Manuals, See Specs, Editor's Choice for Linux, FreeBSD, Windows NT, Windows 9X, SCO Unixware, OpenServer, Warp and Netware non-hardware RAID applications (Not for Solaris). | $230 |
Adaptec 29160N OEM | Same as 29160 but with 50-pin external connector See Specs | $230 |
Adaptec 19160 OEM | Same as 29160 but with one 68-pin LVD connector and one 50-pin Ultra SCSI connector and 32-bit PCI See Specs | $190 |
Adaptec 29160LP OEM | Same as 29160 but with one 68-pin LVD connector and one 50-pin Ultra SCSI connector and 32-bit PCI is a low profile design for 1U and 2U servers See Specs | $230 |
Adaptec 39160 OEM | Same as 29160 but dual channel See Specs | $330 |
IntraServer Controllers |
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IntraServer 3140U Series Single Channel Ultra Wide SCSI PCI Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-3140U-N | IntraServer Ultra Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter ITI-3140U-N PCI to Ultra Wide SCSI (40Mb/S), Symbios 53C875 Chip Set, 1 Internal HD68 port, 1 Internal 50-pin port, 1 External HD68 port, 14 SCSI Devices, Single Processor, Drivers for DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware,See Specs |
$175 |
ITI-3140U-NK | IntraServer Ultra Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter ITI-3140U-N PCI to Ultra Wide SCSI (40Mb/S), Symbios 53C875 Chip Set, 1 Internal HD68 port, 1 Internal 50-pin port, 1 External HD68 port, 14 SCSI Devices, Single Processor, Drivers for DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware,See Specs Same as above plus Kit with manual, drivers and cables |
$225 |
ITI-3140U-[OU]N | IntraServer Ultra Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter ITI-3140U-N PCI to Ultra Wide SCSI (40Mb/S), Symbios 53C875 Chip Set, 1 Internal HD68 port, 1 Internal 50-pin port, 1 External HD68 port, 14 SCSI Devices, Single Processor, OpenVMS, or True64 UNIX (Please Specify) See Specs |
$315 |
ITI-3140U-SN | IntraServer Ultra Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter ITI-3140U-N PCI to Ultra Wide SCSI (40Mb/S), Symbios 53C875 Chip Set, 1 Internal HD68 port, 1 Internal 50-pin port, 1 External HD68 port, 14 SCSI Devices, Single Processor, Solaris Sparc, See Specs |
$175 |
ITI-3140U-SK | IntraServer Ultra Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter ITI-3140U-N PCI to Ultra Wide SCSI (40Mb/S), Symbios 53C875 Chip Set, 1 Internal HD68 port, 1 Internal 50-pin port, 1 External HD68 port, 14 SCSI Devices, Single Processor, Solaris Sparc, See Specs Same as above plus Kit with manual, drivers and cables |
$225 |
ITI-3140U-[OU]K | IntraServer Ultra Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter ITI-3140U-N PCI to Ultra Wide SCSI (40Mb/S), Symbios 53C875 Chip Set, 1 Internal HD68 port, 1 Internal 50-pin port, 1 External HD68 port, 14 SCSI Devices, Single Processor, OpenVMS, or True64 UNIX (Please Specify) See Specs Same as above plus Kit with manual, drivers and cables |
$345 |
IntraServer 4140UE Series Single Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T PCI Combo Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-4140UE-N | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware See Specs |
$390 |
ITI-4140UE- [OSU] | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by OpenVMS, Solaris Sparc, or True64 UNIX (Please Specify) See Specs |
$450 |
ITI-4140UE-NK | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware See Specs Same as above plus Kit with manual, drivers and cables |
$420 |
ITI-4140UE- [OSU]K | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by OpenVMS, Solaris Sparc, or True64 UNIX (Please Specify) See Specs Same as above plus Kit with manual, drivers and cables |
$480 |
IntraServer 4280UE Series Dual Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T PCI Combo Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-4280UE-N | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware See Specs |
$530 |
ITI-4280UE-NK | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware See Specs Same as above plus Kit with manual, drivers and cables |
$560 |
ITI-4280UE- [OSU] | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by OpenVMS, Solaris Sparc, or True64 UNIX (Please Specify) See Specs |
$760 |
ITI-4280UE- [OSU]K | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by OpenVMS, Solaris Sparc, or True64 UNIX (Please Specify) See Specs Same as above plus Kit with manual, drivers and cables |
$790 |
IntraServer 5000 Series: 10/100Base-T Ethernet Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-5132E-S | IntraServer Single Channel 10/100Base-T PCI Ethernet Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs |
$430 |
ITI-5132E-SK | IntraServer Single Channel 10/100Base-T PCI Ethernet Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables), See Specs |
$450 |
ITI-5164E-S | IntraServer Four Channel 10/100Base-T PCI Ethernet Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs |
$940 |
ITI-5164E-SK | IntraServer Four Channel 10/100Base-T PCI Ethernet Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables), See Specs |
$990 |
ITI-5132E-N | IntraServer Four Channel 10/100Base-T PCI Ethernet Adapter supported by Intel/NT/Linux/OpenVMS/True64 UNIX, See Specs |
$570 |
ITI-5132E-NK | IntraServer Four Channel 10/100Base-T PCI Ethernet Adapter supported by Intel/NT/Linux/OpenVMS/True64 UNIX Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables), See Specs |
$590 |
IntraServer 6100 Series: 1 Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI Host Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-6100U2-N | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by Intel/NT/Linux, Symbios 53C895 Chip Set, 1 Internal HD68 port, 1 External Champ68 port, 14 SCSI Devices, Single Processor, Drivers for DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware See Specs |
$220 |
ITI-6100U2-NK | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$275 |
ITI-6100U2-O | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by OpenVMS, See Specs |
$300 |
ITI-6100U2-OK | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by OpenVMS, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$350 |
ITI-6100U2-S | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs |
$430 |
ITI-6100U2-SK | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$460 |
ITI-6100U2-U | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by True64 UNIX, See Specs |
$300 |
ITI-6100U2-UK | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by True64 UNIX, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$350 |
IntraServer 6101 Series: 1 Channel Ultra2 Wide with 1 SE Port SCSI Host Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-6101U2-N | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with 1 SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by Intel/NT/Linux, Symbios 53C895 Chip Set, 2 Internal HD68 port, 1 Internal 50-pin port, 1 External Champ68 port, 14 SCSI Devices, Single Processor, Drivers for DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware See Specs |
$335 |
ITI-6101U2-NK | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with 1 SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$375 |
ITI-6101U2-O | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with 1 SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by OpenVMS, See Specs |
$634 |
ITI-6101U2-OK | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with 1 SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by OpenVMS, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$695 |
ITI-6101U2-S | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with 1 SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs |
$560 |
ITI-6101U2-SK | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with 1 SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$595 |
ITI-6101U2-U | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with 1 SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by True64 UNIX, See Specs |
$435 |
ITI-6101U2-UK | IntraServer Single Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with 1 SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by True64 UNIX, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$475 |
IntraServer 6200 Series: 2 Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI Host Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-6200U2-N | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs |
$420 |
ITI-6200U2-NK | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$460 |
ITI-6200U2-O | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by OpenVMS, See Specs |
$795 |
ITI-6200U2-OK | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by OpenVMS, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$840 |
ITI-6200U2-S | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs |
$660 |
ITI-6200U2-SK | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$690 |
ITI-6200U2-U | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by True64 UNIX, See Specs |
$660 |
ITI-6200U2-UK | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI Host Adapter supported by True64 UNIX, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$690 |
IntraServer 6201 Series: 2 Channel Ultra2 Wide + 1 SE Port SCSI Host Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-6201U2-N | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with single SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs |
$630 |
ITI-6201U2-NK | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with single SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$660 |
ITI-6201U2-O | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with single SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by OpenVMS, See Specs |
$935 |
ITI-6201U2-OK | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with single SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by OpenVMS, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$995 |
ITI-6201U2-S | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with single SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs |
$850 |
ITI-6201U2-SK | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with single SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$895 |
ITI-6201U2-U | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with single SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by True64 UNIX, See Specs |
$850 |
ITI-6201U2-UK | IntraServer Dual Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI with single SE Port PCI Host Adapter supported by True64 UNIX, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual, Cables) |
$895 |
IntraServer 6110 Ultra 2 Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T PCI Combo Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-6110U2 | IntraServer Ultra 2 Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs |
$335 |
ITI-6110U2-K | IntraServer Ultra 2 Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual) |
$375 |
ITI-6110U2-X | IntraServer Ultra 2 Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware,, See Specs |
$395 |
ITI-6110U2-XK | IntraServer Ultra 2 Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware,, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual) |
$435 |
ITI-6110U2-V | IntraServer Ultra 2 Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by OpenVMS and True64 UNIX, See Specs |
$415 |
ITI-6110U2-VK | IntraServer Ultra 2 Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by OpenVMS and True64 UNIX, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual) |
$435 |
ITI-6110U2-VX | IntraServer Ultra 2 Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by OpenVMS and True64 UNIX, See Specs |
$525 |
ITI-6110U2-VXK | IntraServer Ultra 2 Wide SCSI and 10/100Base-T Network PCI Adapter supported by OpenVMS and True64 UNIX, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual) |
$695 |
IntraServer 6021 Series Video and 10/100Base-T PCI Combo Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-6021E | IntraServer PCI with Video and 10/100Base-T Network supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs |
$385 |
ITI-6021E-K | IntraServer PCI with Video and 10/100Base-T Network supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual) |
$395 |
ITI-6021E-N | IntraServer PCI with Video and 10/100Base-T Network supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs |
$515 |
ITI-6021E-NK | IntraServer PCI with Video and 10/100Base-T Network supported by DOS/Win, NT, Win95, Linux, BSD, OS/2, SCO, Netware, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual) |
$545 |
ITI-6021E-S | IntraServer PCI with Video and 10/100Base-T Network supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs |
$710 |
ITI-6021E-SK | ="2" face="Arial">IntraServer PCI with Video and 10/100Base-T Network supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs Same as above plus Kit (Drivers, manual) |
$755 |
IntraServer 3280UDC Series Ultra Wide Differential SCSI 3U/6U Handle Compact PCI Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-3280UDC | IntraServer CompactPCI 2 Channel Ultra Wide Differential SCSI 3U/6U Handle Adapters supported by Intel/NT/Linux /OpenVMS/SolarisSparc/True64 UNIX, See Specs |
$535 - $755 |
IntraServer 6200U2C Series Ultra2 Wide SCSI 3U/6U Handle Compact PCI Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-6200UDC | IntraServer CompactPCI 2 Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI 3U/6U Handle Adapters with 10/100Base-T Network supported by Intel/NT/Linux /OpenVMS/SolarisSparc/True64 UNIX, See Specs |
$535 - $735 |
IntraServer 8000C Series Ultra2 Wide SCSI, Four Port Ethernet and Video 6U Handle Compact PCI Adapters |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
ITI-8000C | IntraServer CompactPCI 2 Channel Ultra2 Wide SCSI 3U/6U Handle Adapters with 10/100Base-T Network supported by Solaris Sparc, See Specs |
$1395 - $3295 |
Prices listed are for bare controllers only. If you require a driver diskette or cables please request them. A 3 connector 50-pin SCSI cable will be provided for free. Add $ 3 for a driver diskette. Most operating systems include the drivers for free. So the diskette is only needed for DOS support of CD-ROM's. If you need a Wide SCSI cable see our cable page.
EIDE / Ultra ATA Controllers |
Promise |
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Specifications | Price |
PROMISE SUPERTRAK (SX6000), RAID 5, 6 channel, Retail NEW! | $ ASK |
PROMISE (SX6000PRO), RAID 2, 6 channel, w/ super swap drive NEW! | $ 330 |
PROMISE ULTRA 100 TX2 W/cable (10TX2E) RETAIL / OEM | $ 40 |
PROMISE U133TX2 RETAIL/ OEM | $ 60 |
PROMISE FAST TRACK 100TX2 RAID (PFTX2E) OEM / RETAIL | $ 110 |
PROMISE FAST TRACK TX2000 RAID 133, OEM / RETAIL | $ 120 |
PROMISE FAST TRACK 100LP RAID (PF10LP) RETAIL / OEM | $ ASK |
PROMISE FAST TRACK 100TX4 RAID (PFTX4E) OEM /RETAIL NEW! | $ 150 |
ULTRA33 Promise Ultra33 DMA/ATA Bus Master IDE Controller for PCI See Specs | $ 20 |
Promise Ultra66 DMA/ATA Bus Master IDE Controller for PCI See Specs | $ 15 |
Highpoint |
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Specifications | Price |
HIGHPOINT R 100 RAID ATA DUAL C NEW & SPECIAL ! | $ 60.00 |
HIGHPOINT ROCKET 133 NON-RAID 1 CHANNEL W/BIOS | $ 40.00 |
HIGHPOINT ROCKET 133 NON-RAID 1 CHANNEL | $ 30.00 |
HIGHPOINT ROCKET 133 NON-RAID 2 CHANNEL | $ 50.00 |
HIGHPOINT R.RAID 133 PCI, 2 CHANNEL | $ 90.00 |
HIGHPOINT R404 RAID ATA133 4 CHANNEL NEW | $ 130.00 |
HIGHPOINT ROCKET MATE PLASTIC (HOT SWAPPABLE) NEW! | $ 70.00 |
Adaptec ATA / IDE RAID ControllersAdaptec offers a limited Ultra/100 IDE RAID solution with a limited set of drivers. |
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Adaptec AAA UDMA IDE RAID |
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1200A | The two-channel Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A provides optimal, cost-efficient data protection using ATA/100 technology for the entry-level server and workstation markets. RAID 0, 1, 0+1, including JBOD support, for up to four devices. Hot Spare, Hot Swap (requires chassis), Bootable Array & S.M.A.R.T. support. OS support includes Microsoftr Windows XP, Windows 95/98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0. | $99 |
2400A | The four-channel Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A offers full-featured, microprocessor-based ATA RAID solutions for entry-level servers with business critical data. Supports ATA/100 & ATA/66 drives with 32 MByte of ECC SDRAM (expandable to 128 MByte). Four dedicated channels support up to four devices. RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, and JBOD. On-line Capacity Expansion, Background Initialization, Hot Spare, and Hot Swap (requires chassis). Support S.M.A.R.T. and LBA. OS support includes Windows 95/98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Linux, NetWare, SCO Unix, Free BSD, and more. | $390 |
3WARE Escalade 7000 SeriesThe Escalade 7000 series of IDE ATA/100 RAID controllers support JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 or RAID 10 (0+1). Hot Swap and Hot Spares are supported. Linux and Windows support is implemented as a SCSI device driver supporting tag queuing, a critical feature for performance. A FreeBSD Driver is under development. 3WARE blows away all other IDE RAID solutions that we have benchmarked. 3WARE intends to advance the high performance IDE RAID market. Look to our system page for rack mount IDE RAID boxes featuring 3WARE technology in 2000. (Support for FreeBSD is now in the CURRENT branch and is making progress - go Mike!). |
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Part # | Specifications | Price |
Escalede 7X10 Series without RAID5 Accelerator: 2, 4 or 8 channels |
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3W-7210 2 Channel 64-bit | 2 Channel RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (Striping or Mirroring or Stripping+Parity or Mirror+Striping) and JBOD (Just a bunch of disks) with support for hot space. 33MHz/64-bit PCI, Ultra/100, Ultra/66 or Ultra/33 DMA RAID Controller with 4 channels. Supports Hot Swapping of disks. Drivers for Linux and Windows (Development drivers for FreeBSD) 180MB/S Reads / 127MB/S Writes See Specs | $170 |
3W-7410 4 Channel 64-bit | 4 Channel RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (Striping or Mirroring or Stripping+Parity or Mirror+Striping) and JBOD (Just a bunch of disks) with support for hot space. 33MHz/64-bit PCI, Ultra/100, Ultra/66 or Ultra/33 DMA RAID Controller with 4 channels. Supports Hot Swapping of disks. Drivers for Linux and Windows (Development drivers for FreeBSD) 180MB/S Reads / 127MB/S Writes See Specs | $370 |
3W-7810 8 Channel 64-bit | 8 Channel RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (Striping or Mirroring or Stripping+Parity or Mirror+Striping) and JBOD (Just a bunch of disks) with support for hot space. 33MHz/64-bit PCI, Ultra/100, Ultra/66 or Ultra/33 DMA RAID Controller with 8 channels. Supports Hot Swapping of disks. Drivers for Linux and Windows (Development drivers for FreeBSD) 180MB/S Reads / 127MB/S Writes See Specs | $520 |
Escalede 7X50 Series with RAID5 Accelerator: 4 or 8 channels |
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3W-7450 4 Channel 64-bit | 4 Channel RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (Striping or Mirroring or Stripping+Parity or Mirror+Striping) and JBOD (Just a bunch of disks) with support for hot space. 33MHz/64-bit PCI, Ultra/100, Ultra/66 or Ultra/33 DMA RAID Controller with 4 channels. Supports Hot Swapping of disks. Drivers for Linux and Windows (Development drivers for FreeBSD) 180MB/S Reads / 127MB/S Writes See Specs | $490 |
3W-7850 8 Channel 64-bit | 8 Channel RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (Striping or Mirroring or Stripping+Parity or Mirror+Striping) and JBOD (Just a bunch of disks) with support for hot space. 33MHz/64-bit PCI, Ultra/100, Ultra/66 or Ultra/33 DMA RAID Controller with 8 channels. Supports Hot Swapping of disks. Drivers for Linux and Windows (Development drivers for FreeBSD) 180MB/S Reads / 127MB/S Writes See Specs | $690 |
Technical Considerations |
Index:
RAID Performance |
Several components of a RAID controller determine its performance. Among these the type of I/O microprocessor, the type of SCSI host controller chip and the type of cache RAM utilized are key. The I/O microprocessor is the brains of the RAID controller. Currently most RAID controllers utilize either an Intel i960 I/O Processors or an Intel StrongARM I/O processor (recently acquired from DEC). The SCSI channels are generally controlled by separate Symbios, LSI, BusLogic Harpoon, Adaptec or QLogic SCSI chip sets. Faster SDRAM is used for high performance RAID controllers while low end models use FPM or EDO cache.
Processor | Clock Speed | Benchmark | RAID Controller |
SA-11XX StrongARM | 600MHz | 750 MIPS | The StrongARM processor will eventually achieve 750 MIPS! |
SA-110 StrongARM | 233MHz | 268 MIPS | Mylex ExtremeRAID 1100 |
80960HD DAC i960 HD (2X HD Core) | 33/66MHz MM | 60 MIPS | DPT SmartRAID V Millennium Series |
80960RN DAC i960 RN (3X Jt Core) | 33/100MHz | 55 MIPS | ICP-Vortex GDT RN, Adaptec 3000, Mylex AcceleRAID 352, AMI Elite 1600 |
80960RS DAC i960 RS (3X Jt Core) | 33/100MHz | 55 MIPS | ICP-Vortex GDT RS, Mylex AcceleRAID 170, Adaptec 2000 |
80960RM DAC i960 RM (3X Jt Core) | 33/100MHz | 55 MIPS | AMI Express 500, Intel SRCU21 |
80960RD DAC i960 RD (2X JD Core) | 33/66MHz MM | 45 MIPS | Mylex DAC960PJ, Mylex AcceleRAID, ICP-Vortex GDT RD and DPT SmartRAID V Century |
80960RP DAC i960 RP (1x JF Core) | 33/33MHz | 31 MIPS | Mylex DAC960PG and ICP-Vortex GDT RP, DPT SmartRAID V Decade |
Entry level controllers generally use the slower Intel 33MHz i960 RP "Mustang" processor and support slower EDO cache as opposed to SDRAM. The 33MHz i960RP microprocessor operates at approximately 28 MIPS. Examples of this class include the Mylex's DAC960PG Ultra Wide SCSI controllers, the ICP-Vortex GDT RP Ultra Wide SCSI controllers and the DPT SmartRaid V Decade Ultra2 Wide SCSI controllers. The Mylex DAC960PG utilizes a Harpoon (Flashpoint) Ultra Wide SCSI controller chip for each channel which is slightly faster than the Symbios Ultra Wide SCSI chip used on the ICP-Vortex. The DPT model uses an even faster Ultra2 Wide Symbios SCSI controller chip set. In general all of these controllers are much faster than controllers offered by AMI or Adaptec.
Mid-tier SCSI controllers feature a clock doubled 66MHz i960RD chip set running at approximately 50 MIPS along with one Symbios Ultra2 Wide SCSI controller chip sets. Examples include the Mylex DAC960PJ Ultra2 Wide SCSI controller, the Mylex AcceleRAID Ultra2 Wide SCSI controllers, the ICP-Vortex GDT RP Ultra2 Wide SCSI controllers and the DPT SmartRaid V Century Ultra2 Wide SCSI controllers.
High end RAID controllers use faster i960 RN and HD microprocessor or even the faster StrongARM processor. The StrongARM and i960 RN processors supports faster SDRAM while the i960 HD only supports EDO RAM. The DPT SmartRaid V Millennium series RAID controller utilizes the 66MHz i960HD processor (60 MIPS) and EDO memory. In contrast the ICP-Vortex GDT RN (Fiber channel) RAID controller utilizes the 100MHz i960 RN processor (55MIPS) and SDRAM. Both use the Symbios SCSI controller chip sets.
The Mylex ExtremeRAID was the first controller to use the new StrongARM 233MHz SA-110 processor running at 268 MIPS! It is unparalleled in performance. The ExtremeRAID also supports SDRAM and utilizes the Symbios Ultra2 Wide SCSI host controller chip set. Intel claims they will eventually release a 600MHz version of the StrongARM processor running at 750 MIPS!
Linux, BSD and UNIX RAID Support |
In our opinion the best Ultra2 Wide SCSI controller for Linux, SCO UnixWare and SCO OpenServer is currently the Mylex ExtremeRAID 1100 series. Leonard Zubkoff's Linux drivers for the Mylex ExtremeRAID 1100 as well as the Mylex DAC960PG, Mylex DAC960PJ and Mylex AcceleRAID series can be found on the Linux DAC960 RAID Page. The ICP-Vortex GDT RN, RP and RD series are excellent Linux alternatives. Support for these controllers is already extant in all recent Linux kernels. Solaris x86 now supports the Mylex DAC960PJ and DAC960PG RAID controllers. You must download the latest update disks from SUN. Of the two, the Mylex DAC960PJ is the best choice for Solaris. FreeBSD users may wish to consider some of the older DPT SmartCache IV offerings. For those running operating systems that lack reasonable native RAID support, you can create an excellent hardware RAID solution by combining any supported SCSI controller with the Mylex DAC960SXI SCSI-to-SCSI RAID controller. This is a much slower solution than native support for a PCI RAID controller because SCSI-to-SCSI configurations access disks via LUNS. However, performance is acceptable for small file servers. We will configure a RAID solution for any UNIX OS upon request. We will install and configure RAID solutions for any operating system.
RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 0+1 Selecting a RAID solution |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) technology was developed at U.C. Berkeley by Patterson, Gibson and Katz in 1988 with the goal of improving performance and data integrity. Performance is improved when data is written and read in blocks of 8KB-64KB in a round robin fashion to a group of disks in an array. In this way a series of bytes can can be written or read in parallel from each disk in the array and the total aggregate through-put of the array can approach the sum of the through-put of the individual disks. Such an allocation of blocks of data is known as RAID 0 or striping. The size of the stripe can impact performance. In general the controllers default size should be used. However, for specialized applications this may be adjusted. For I/O intensive operations a smaller 8K stripe is preferred. For accessing larger multi-media files and CAD files a larger 64K stripe is often used.
Striping is also used along with other data protective measures in RAID 3, 4, 5 and 0+1. Data can be protected in two ways. In disk mirroring, RAID 1, a pair of disks is used and all the data on the master disk is duplicated, mirrored, on a second disk. Hence one half of the total disk space is lost to the mirror. In the second method using parity, data is striped as in RAID 0. In addition for each stripe of blocks a parity block is calculated and written to the disk array. The parity block is a logical XOR of the other blocks in the stripe. Should one disk fail its data can be reconstructed by subtracting the parity block from the XOR of the remaining data in the stripe of blocks. If N disks are used in this fashion, the available disk space will be N-1. Parity is used in RAID 3, 4 and 5.
When creating an array several types of RAID levels may be combined. For example if six disks are used 50% of the space may be used for RAID 5 and 50% may be used for RAID 0.
Use of Cache on RAID Controllers |
RAID controllers include either faster SDRAM cache memory or slower EDO cache memory. For applications involving intensive random I/O cache is not important. Indeed in a few cases cache may even slow down performance of random I/O. An example would be an active news server with many tiny history and overview files that must be continuously updated. In contrast applications that involve long sequential seeks and writes are greatly enhanced with larger cache memory. Examples include large databases and many multi-media applications. For optimal performance the cache should be set to "write back" mode. In write back mode dirty bits (data bits that have been altered) are written from the processor to the cache. The cache then in turn can write the data to disk as time allows. In "write through" mode the cache is effectively disabled for write operations. In this mode the processor waits for the data to be written to the disk before marking the process as complete. Write back mode does leave the system vulnerable. If the system looses power before being shut down the dirty bits in the cache are lost. This can be prevented is a cache battery back up module is installed on the cache. Alternately if a good UPS is utilized chances of a power failure will be reduced. battery back up modules may be added for an additional charge to most RAID controllers. Others, like the Mylex ExtremeRAID 1100 series, includes a battery back-up by default.
UNIX, Linux and FreeBSD Support for SCSI Controllers |
The Adaptec Ultra2 Wide SCSI controller family based on the new 789X series chip sets are now the best choices for 32-bit multi-tasking OS's. Adaptec has finally surpassed our old favorite Mylex/BusLogic as the king of the *UNIX hill. The Adaptec 789X chips are used on the Adaptec 2940U2W PCI SCSI host adapters. Many of the newer 440BX boards also include either an integrated Adaptec AIC7890 Ultra2 Wide SCSI controller chip or the Adaptec AIC7895 PCI to Dual Channel Ultra Wide SCSI Controller chip. These chips are not compatible with the older 2940UW style Adaptec AIC7880 Ultra Wide SCSI Controller chips. Drivers for the new AIC789X chips are currently available for Linux, Solaris x86, FreeBSD, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, Netware, OS/2 and all Microsoft OS's. Doug Ledford has released a new driver for the AIC789X series controller chips in the stable 2.0.36 and 2.2.X Linux kernels. You can find the latest information about this driver at Dialnet. Justin Gibbs has released a stable AIC789X CAM driver for FreeBSD 3.0. Several features of the AIC789X series controller chips make them a better choice than the previous models. A synopsis of the novel feature set can be found in the ahc.4 FreeBSD man page. If your interested in Linux and the Linux BusLogic Drivers you should visit Leonard Zubkoff's Linux site at Dandelion Digital.
Note that NeXTStep does not currently have drivers for this controller. For NeXTStep we suggest the Mylex 958 with the firmware flashed down.
For Sparc Solaris we suggest the IntraServer ITI-6101U2-N and ITI-6100U2-N Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI host adapters featuring the Symbios SCSI chip set. Note to use these controllers on a Sparc you must purchase the Sparc driver set for $150 extra. This does not apply to Solaris x86. Solaris x86 fully supports the Adaptec 789X series chip sets and the IntraServer ITI-6101U2-N and ITI-6100U2-N Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI host adapters with the latest free drivers in the Solaris x86 disk update set.
SCSI Vs. IDE Performance: Command Tag Queuing, Mail Boxes, Disconnect Features of SCSI |
SCSI is much faster than Ultra DMA (IDE). The issue is less one of total bandwidth as most people think and more due to the inherent design of SCSI. Tagged queuing is probably the most significant SCSI property. Non-tag queued devices (IDE) can only process one command at a time. When a device is held up in a long I/O process such as a seek, read or write, the next command may not be issued until the I/O process has completed. Tag queuing allows the SCSI controller to process multiple commands in a queue without waiting for completion of extant I/O processes. Incoming commands are received and queued in mail boxes by the host adapter. In many cases 256 commands may be stored at once. The commands are serviced in a round robin fashion. The controller may then optimize the execution order (out of order execution) and process some commands in parallel. In some cases up to 64 commands may be executed in parallel. Tag queuing is extremely important for disk intensive processes like those found in servers. Indeed tag queuing is more important in most cases than the shear bandwidth available to the disk channel.
Moreover, on SCSI systems each device may be issued a set of commands and while these are being processed the SCSI device will disconnect from the SCSI bus. This allows other SCSI devices to negotiate data and commands on the SCSI bus while this device is busy. In contrast when IDE devices receive a command they can not disconnect and they lock the entire IDE channel exclusively for their use until the commands are completed. While this is going on no other device can be used. This causes IDE systems to feel like they are freezing. The user must wait on devices to finish various operations. SCSI systems appear more fluid to the user.
Further SCSI controllers allow each device to operate at its maximum transfer rate. In contrast IDE controllers must lower the channel transfer rate to that of the slowest device on the channel. One slow device will drag down a much faster device.
SCSI Cable Length Limitations |
The total length of all cables on a single SCSI controller is limited. The total lengths depend on the speed of the SCSI bus as follows:
Clock Speed | Type | Speed | Total Length |
5MHz | Wide SCSI | 10MB/S | 6 Meters or 20 feet |
10MHz | Fast Wide SCSI | 20MB/S | 3 Meters or 10 feet |
20MHz | Ultra Wide SCSI | 40MB/S | 1.5 Meters or 5 feet |
40MHz | Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI | <"trong>80MB/S | 12 meters or 60 feet |
80MHz | Ultra160 Wide SCSI | 160MB/S | 12 meters or 60 feet |
- | Fiber Channel over copper | 100MB/S | 25 meters |
- | Fiber Channel over fiber optics | 100MB/S | 500 meters |
For non-Fiber channel SCSI devices the max length is the sum of all SCSI cables on a single SCSI bus. For example on an Adaptec 2940UW or Mylex 958 with two cables connected to the host adapter, the max length would be the sum of both cables. So for example you could connect two 2.5 feet cables, one on and Ultra Wide SCSI port and one on the narrow Ultra SCSI port. Note this is not the case with newer Ultra2 Wide LVD controllers. In this case the controller is split into two independent buses. It has one Ultra2 Wide SCSI bus and a second Ultra SCSI bus (with an Ultra Wide SCSI port and an narrow Ultra SCSI port). So for example you can add 12 meters of cables on the Ultra2 Wide SCSI port and an additional 1.5 meters on the Ultra SCSI bus.
Ultra Wide SCSI controllers are limited to use of two of the three ports |
Only two ports on a SCSI controller may be used at the same time. So for example if you use a BusLogic 958 or an Adaptec 2940UW and you attach a 50-pin CD-ROM to one internal port and a 68-pin Wide SCSI hard disk to the other port than you can not use the external port on the controller. If you need to use the external port you must stop using one of the internal ports. One easy way around this is to buy a 50 to 68 pin converter for the CD-ROM. This will allow you to put the 50-pin CD-ROM on the wide cable with the Wide SCSI disk. This will open up the internal 50-pin port and allow you to use the external port. We sell such converters on our cable page.
Running Linux on a Mylex RAID Controller |
Leonard N. Zubkoff of Dandelion Digital in cooperation with Mylex has written a exemplary Linux device driver for the Mylex RAID controllers. The driver and the latest release notes are available here. We have implemented the Mylex RAID controllers under Linux in a vast number of major projects and in every case we have found these solutions to be stable, reliable and extremely fast. We suggest this configuration without reservation. Indeed we use the Mylex ExtremeRAID 1100 series under Linux for our file server at Net Express.
The device driver is implemented at the block device level for optimal performance. Up to 8 controllers are supported with up to 15 devices per channel. It does not support arbitrary SCSI devices such as SCSI CD-ROM's and SCSI tape drives. Prior to Linux installation the array and disks must be configured using the BIOS Configuration Utility or DACCF. Hitting <ALT>-M during BIOS initialization will allow one to set the disk geometry parameter. This defaults to a 2GB geometry of 128 heads and 32 sectors per track. In order to to translate the cylinder count to less than 65,535 for larger disks, an 8GB BIOS geometry should be set up yielding 255 heads and 63 sectors per track. Hitting <ALT>-R during BIOS initialization will allow one to configure the array. The disks should be low level formatted. Then disks should be added into one or more drive groups. Each drive group can be subdivided into 1 to 32 logical drives. Logical drives are seen as block devices under Linux: for example, "/dev/rd/c0d0." Each logical drive can be setup with a unique RAID level and caching policy. Up to seven partitions may be created on a logical disk using fdisk. If a greater number of partitions is required more than one logical drive should be created accordingly. An extended partition is counted as one partition.
Both Red Hat Linux and SuSE Linux support the Mylex RAID controllers out of the box. These distributions contain updated kernel support, device files, boot floppies, as well as fdisk and lilo binaries that support the Mylex RAID controllers. Either installation can be set up to boot directly from the Mylex RAID array. The Mylex RAID controller is controlled as a block device. The block device file corresponding to Logical Drive "D" on Mylex Controller "C" is referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD. The partition "P" on this block device would be called /dev/rd/cCdDpP. These device names can be used as the arguments of the fdisk or mke2fs commands or in the /etc/lilo.conf or /etc/fstab configuration files. In order to format a partition on the logical drive to fit the default 64KB stripe size the command "mke2fs -b 4096 -R stride=16 /dev/rd/cCdDpP" should be executed. This sets a 4KB block size and a 16 block stride.
The DAC960 driver includes extensive error logging and online configuration management
capabilities via the command line and /proc/rd file system and via console logging. For
Controller "C" that initial and current status can be read by issuing "cat
/proc/rd/cC/initial_status" and "cat /proc/rd/cC/current_status"
respectively. The output is either "OK" or "ALERT" if the array is not
running properly. Configuration commands should be directed into /proc/rd/cC/user_command
using "echo "<configuration-command>" >
/proc/rd/c0/user_command." Executing "cat /proc/rd/cC/user_command" will
return the result. The configuration commands are:
flush-cache
The "flush-cache" command flushes the controller's cache. The system
automatically flushes the cache at shutdown or if the driver module is unloaded, so this
command is only needed to be certain a write back cache is flushed to disk before the
system is powered off by a command to a UPS. Note that the flush-cache command also stops
an asynchronous rebuild or consistency check, so it should not be used except when the
system is being halted.
kill <channel>:<target-id>
The "kill" command marks the physical drive <channel>:<target-id> as
DEAD. This command is provided primarily for testing, and should not be used during normal
system operation.
make-online <channel>:<target-id>
The "make-online" command changes the physical drive
<channel>:<target-id> from status DEAD to status ONLINE. In cases where
multiple physical drives have been killed simultaneously, this command may be used to
bring them back online, after which a consistency check is advisable. Warning: make-online
should only be used on a dead physical drive that is an active part of a drive group,
never on a standby drive.
make-standby <channel>:<target-id>
The "make-standby" command changes physical drive
<channel>:<target-id> from status DEAD to status STANDBY. It should only be
used in cases where a dead drive was replaced after an automatic rebuild was performed
onto a standby drive. It cannot be used to add a standby drive to the controller
configuration if one was not created initially; the BIOS Configuration Utility must be
used for that currently.
rebuild <channel>:<target-id>
The "rebuild" command initiates an asynchronous rebuild onto physical drive
<channel>:<target-id>. It should only be used when a dead drive has been
replaced.
check-consistency <logical-drive-number>
The "check-consistency" command initiates an asynchronous consistency check of
<logical-drive-number> with automatic restoration. It can be used whenever it is
desired to verify the consistency of the redundancy information.
cancel-rebuild
cancel-consistency-check
The "cancel-rebuild" and "cancel-consistency-check" commands cancel
any rebuild or consistency check operations previously initiated.
Demonstration I - Mylex RAID Drive Failure Under Linux Without A Standby Drive |
This demonstration of the Mylex RAID controller running under Linux was conducted by the author of the Linux Mylex RAID Controller device driver, Leonard N. Zubkoff of Dandelion Digital and is copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff:
The following annotated logs demonstrate the controller configuration and and online
status monitoring capabilities of the Linux DAC960 Driver. The test configuration
comprises 6 1GB Quantum Atlas I disk drives on two channels of a DAC960PJ controller. The
physical drives are configured into a single drive group without a standby drive, and the
drive group has been configured into two logical drives, one RAID-5 and one RAID-6. First,
here is the current status of the RAID configuration:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 *****
Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller
Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB
PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9
Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
OK
The above messages indicate that everything is healthy, and /proc/rd/status returns
"OK" indicating that there are no problems with any DAC960 controller in the
system. For demonstration purposes, while I/O is active Physical Drive 1:1 is now
disconnected, simulating a drive failure. The failure is noted by the driver within 10
seconds of the controller's having detected it, and the driver logs the following console
status messages indicating that Logical Drives 0 and 1 are now CRITICAL as a result of
Physical Drive 1:1 being DEAD:
DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now CRITICAL
DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now CRITICAL
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 killed because of timeout on SCSI command
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now DEAD
The Sense Keys logged here are just Check Condition / Unit Attention conditions arising
from a SCSI bus reset that is forced by the controller during its error recovery
procedures. Concurrently with the above, the driver status available from /proc/rd also
reflects the drive failure. The status message in /proc/rd/status has changed from
"OK" to "ALERT":
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
ALERT
and /proc/rd/c0/current_status has been updated:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
...
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
Since there are no standby drives configured, the system can continue to access the
logical drives in a performance degraded mode until the failed drive is replaced and a
rebuild operation completed to restore the redundancy of the logical drives. Once Physical
Drive 1:1 is replaced with a properly functioning drive, or if the physical drive was
killed without having failed (e.g., due to electrical problems on the SCSI bus), the user
can instruct the controller to initiate a rebuild operation onto the newly replaced drive:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# echo "rebuild 1:1" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command
Rebuild of Physical Drive 1:1 Initiated
The echo command instructs the controller to initiate an asynchronous rebuild operation
onto Physical Drive 1:1, and the status message that results from the operation is then
available for reading from /proc/rd/c0/user_command, as well
as being logged to the console by the driver.
Within 10 seconds of this command the driver logs the initiation of the asynchronous
rebuild operation:
DAC960#0: Rebuild of Physical Drive 1:1 Initiated
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 01
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now WRITE-ONLY
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 1% completed
and /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
...
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 6% completed
As the rebuild progresses, the current status in /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated
every 10 seconds:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
...
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 15% completed
and every minute a progress message is logged to the console by the driver:
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 32% completed
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 63% completed
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 94% completed
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 94% completed
Finally, the rebuild completes successfully. The driver logs the status of the
logical and physical drives and the rebuild completion:
DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now ONLINE
DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now ONLINE
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now ONLINE
DAC960#0: Rebuild Completed Successfully
/proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
...
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
Rebuild Completed Successfully
and /proc/rd/status indicates that everything is healthy once again:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
OK
Demonstration I - Mylex RAID Drive Failure Under Linux With A Standby Drive |
This demonstration of the Mylex RAID controller running under Linux was conducted by the author of the Linux Mylex RAID Controller device driver, Leonard N. Zubkoff of Dandelion Digital and is copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff:
The following annotated logs demonstrate the controller configuration and and online
status monitoring capabilities of the Linux DAC960 Driver. The test configuration
comprises 6 1GB Quantum Atlas I disk drives on two channels of a DAC960PJ controller. The
physical drives are configured into a single drive group with a standby drive, and the
drive group has been configured into two logical drives, one RAID-5 and one RAID-6. First,
here is the current status of the RAID configuration:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 *****
Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller
Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB
PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9
Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Standby, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
OK
The above messages indicate that everything is healthy, and /proc/rd/status returns
"OK" indicating that there are no problems with any DAC960 controller in the
system. For demonstration purposes, while I/O is active Physical Drive 1:2 is now
disconnected, simulating a drive failure. The failure is noted by the driver within 10
seconds of the controller's having detected it, and the
driver logs the following console status messages:
DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now CRITICAL
DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now CRITICAL
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 killed because of timeout on SCSI command
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 is now DEAD
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 killed because it was removed
Since a standby drive is configured, the controller automatically begins rebuilding onto
the standby drive:
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 is now WRITE-ONLY
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 4% completed
Concurrently with the above, the driver status available from /proc/rd also reflects the
drive failure and automatic rebuild. The status message in /proc/rd/status has changed
from "OK" to "ALERT":
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
ALERT
and /proc/rd/c0/current_status has been updated:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
...
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 4% completed
As the rebuild progresses, the current status in /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated
every 10 seconds:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
...
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 40% completed
and every minute a progress message is logged on the console by the driver:
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 40% completed
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 76% completed
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 66% completed
DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 84% completed
Finally, the rebuild completes successfully. The driver logs the status of the logical and
physical drives and the rebuild completion:
DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now ONLINE
DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now ONLINE
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 is now ONLINE
DAC960#0: Rebuild Completed Successfully
/proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 *****
Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller
Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB
PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9
Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
Rebuild Completed Successfully
and /proc/rd/status indicates that everything is healthy once again:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
OK
Note that the absence of a viable standby drive does not create an "ALERT"
status. Once dead Physical Drive 1:2 has been replaced, the controller must be told that
this has occurred and that the newly replaced drive should become the
new standby drive:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# echo "make-standby 1:2" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command
Make Standby of Physical Drive 1:2 Succeeded
The echo command instructs the controller to make Physical Drive 1:2 into a standby drive,
and the status message that results from the operation is then available for reading from
/proc/rd/c0/user_command, as well as being logged to the console by the driver. Within 60
seconds of this command the driver logs:
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 01
DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 is now STANDBY
DAC960#0: Make Standby of Physical Drive 1:2 Succeeded
and /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
...
Physical Devices:
0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
1:2 - Disk: Standby, 2201600 blocks
1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
Logical Drives:
/dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
/dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
Rebuild Completed Successfully
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