Advantages: reliable, very upgradable, fast and very over-clockable. Disadvantages: no HT support, only USB 1.1, did anybody get built in LAN?
and offers RAID support.
No problems with installation - I used boxed Intel CPU's and the heatsink/fan units were easy to clip down. Just a matter of pushing two levers! I did scrape off the Intel thermal compound and added a thin layer of artic silver all over the top of the CPU. The Rambus rimms slotted in just like good old Dimms. They have built in heatsinks as they get quite hot. I used 4x 128mb rimms to keep costs down. This gave me 512mb of RAM. If you only use 2 rimms, you will need to use the C-Rimms (continuity rimms) to terminate the other 2 empty slots. These are included with the board. The Rambus memory is fast - equivalent to PC3200! You need to use matched pairs though and 128mb are the best value. 256mb isn't too bad but 512mb is very expensive.
I disabled the built in sound immediately, and used a Creative SoundBlaster Live 5 ...
Advantages: online capacity expansion, deals with hard disc problems better Disadvantages: slow compared to software RAID
recommend upgrading to current firmware and 2.16 storcon utl (both are on www.intel.com. There is a linux version of the 2.16 storcon, but it was hard to find!)
With initial installation on a Gigabyte GA7 motherboard and Adaptec 2940AU SCSI controller, the problems with onboard intel BIOS / adaptec 2940AU and mobo BIOS reared it's ugly head.
I could not for the life of me with all the PCI juggling, IRQ remapping and BIOS remapping options get it to boot with a Adaptec SCSI card and Intel RAID card. I asked a friend about his setup, and he had no problems (he was running a Intel serverboard with his SRCS14L)
My problem was solved by removing SCSI from system completely and migrating to IDE bootup drives (which was such a pain on linux!)
Current drivers are 2.05 which are included since the 2.4.19 kernel.
As with all RAID controllers ...
Advantages: Pleasant smell Disadvantages: Does not kill flies in seconds; often not at all.
I am very disappointed with Johnson Raid Fly & Wasp Killer. It is quite useless at getting rid of house flies in my area. Far from killing flying insects in seconds, you have to spray very long bursts at individual flies to have any effect on them. Then they often just get up again! The scent is nice. Have the makers put air freshener in the aerosols by mistake?
In the area where I live, it has been reported and acknowledged by the council that there have been an unusually high number of flies this summer. My environment is clean and waste disposal and recycling services are efficient. This particular brand of fly spray seems to be the only one available in local stores and supermarkets that I frequent. Is it the case that for health and safety reasons the power and effectiveness of products like this has been drastically curtailed ...
The new generation of Adaptec Unified Serial controllers meets your need for maximum performance, scalability, and flexibility for enterprise-class applications, including network attached storage (NAS), online transaction processing (OTLP), web, digital surveillance, and streaming applications. The Adaptec RAID 5405 is equipped with industry-leading dual core RAID on Chip (ROC), the latest x8 PCI-Express connectivity, and 256 MB of DDR2 cache to deliver over 250,000 IO per second and 1.2 GB/s. Four internal ports in this Unified Serial controller allow you to connect up to 256 SATA/SAS disk drives through SAS expanders. The Adaptec RAID 5405 features Adaptec RAID Code (ARC) with RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD, as well as copyback hot spare. Adaptec Storage Manager provides one-view centralized management of all your Adaptec RAID controllers. The Adaptec RAID 5405 also integrates the latest PCIe connectivity, the broadest operating system support, including open source Linux drivers, a battery backup option, and proven compatibility.
