Brian Chee wrote:
Beware, I've just been burned by the Promise ATA/133 RAID controller...it
will only rebuild the array if you give a new drive of identical
geometry....unlike SCSI based raid which only need a similar or larger sized
drive.
I'm exploring 3ware's offerings and am enthusiastic about their SATA based
RAID controllers...should give similar performance to 1gb/sec Fiber Channel
but for a heck of a lot less money.
Once I get one running, I'll report back to the list....oh yeah, 2gb Fiber
channel is truly wonderful stuff under redhat....I used Qlogic HBA's and
they scream....
/brian chee
Indeed, there are currently ZERO usable ATA RAID controllers other than
3ware. Promise & High Point controllers in particular are the worse of
the bunch, and should never be used for anything but single disks.
Warren
