I'm currently using the 3ware 9500 controllers on several servers in production. They seem to work well, so long as you're running a 2.6 kernel. I had trouble getting the 3ware provided driver to work, but the in-kernel one worked fine. M R. W. Rodolico said on Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 04:02:50PM -0500: > I have used the 3ware 8xxx Escalade SATA controllers several times > and they are excellent to work with. I have never used the 9xxx > series, but would definitely recommend 3ware. > > Rod > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm having a few problems trying to build up a new architecture > > based on > > AMD Opteron board for STorage servers. > > > > I have been usin Tyan Tomcat K8S with an opteron 242 and Go of > > DDR400 > > ECC registered memory.? Thos boards come up with an integrated > > Silicon > > Image Sil 3114 RAID controller. > > > > I have installed Sarge on an IDE drie and I'm trying to set up a > > RAID 5 > > array using mdadm on 3 drives to achievea 600 Go storage array. I'm > > not > > using the embedded SIL3114 Raid features as they are software RAID > > so > > we're better off using kernel RAID as it even outperforms the > > controller > > speeds and is easier to maintain. > > > > Things get weird when I attach Maxtor 300 Go SATA drives to the > > controller. Array creation runs well but it seem imposisble to > > create a > > partition table on the array, and of course I can't setup any file > > system on the array either. I have exactly the same configuration > > using > > 250 Go WD drives that works flawless. Is there any know issue with > > Maxtor drives and libata (I guess there is) And if so, is there any > > hope > > I could get this to work one day (Or should I send my twelve Maxtor > > drives to oblivion?). > > > > On the other hand I'm seeking advice on buying real hardware RAID > > controllers. We are currently running Adaptec single-channel SCSI > > RAID > > in production which is a pleasure. Poking a bit around internet > > seems > > to show up that 3ware 9xxx series controllers and adaptec SATA Raid > > controller are working fine under 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel. Does > > somebody > > have some hints on thsi as we are looking into testing a SATA RAID > > solution? > > > > Any advice is welcome > > > > Thanks all > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-isp-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > > > -- > Meddle not in the Affairs of Dragons > for thou art crunchy, and good with catsup. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-isp-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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