Re: [opensuse] S-ATA hardware RAID controller Paul Neuwirth wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:35:10 +0100
> Sandy Drobic  wrote:


>> The 9000 Series still uses PCI 64bit,66 MHz, all newer controllers
>> either require PCI-X or PCIe. Better get a new Motherboard with PCIe,
>> that way you get a faster NIC (onboard) as well.
>>
> Well the problem is, i cannot afford a whole new system. i wanted to
> make this server a dedicated database server. and i don't think a
> newer motherboard supports this 32bit cpu.

Don't use a 32bit CPU as a dedicated database server, especially if you are 
working with a large database (with 1 TB storage I assume that you do have a 
large database).

> or... are there "older" S-ATA controllers.

In that case I suggest you reevaluate your priorities. Just the cost for the 
raid-controller and the four drives is about 700 Euro.

A new mainboard with a dualcore cpu and 2 GB RAM is about:
  - Mainboard             100 Euro
  - CPU Core2Duo E4700    130 Euro
  - 4 GB RAM DDR2          90 Euro

If you can't afford that price I suggest you visit Ebay and look for a good 
but cheap scsi raid-controller and some 15k scsi disks.





-- 
Sandy

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