[COLUG] SATA RAID controllers for Linux

[Greg Sidelinger]

I have an Intel  SRCS14L that I have been using for 4-5 years. It only  
does 4 sata drives but is good for my needs. It uses the open source  
GDT driver which is included by default in the kernel so no extra  
drivers needed. My only complaint is that the Intel linux software is  
very simple and very picky about the TERM settings, not that I use it  
more than once a year.

Greg



On Jun 19, 2008, at 5:53 PM, Pat Collins wrote:

>
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:54:58 -0400, William Yang <wyang at gcfn.net>  
> wrote :
>
>> Does anyone have strong opinions or (better) experiences they'd  
>> like to
>> share about using various SATA RAID controllers with Linux?
>>
>> I'm looking hard at the 3ware 9550 or the Adaptec 5405, but would be
>> interested in anyone's experiences with hardware based RAID  
>> controllers on
>> Linux systems.  I've had enough bad experiences with Highpoint to  
>> want to
>> stay away from software-based RAID systems.
>>
>
> I have a 3ware 9650se running running 6 hot-swappable drives (5 + 1  
> hot
> spare) on my db server and have had zero problems.
>
> Pat
>
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