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I'm pondering picking up something like a Promise FastTrak SX4000.
I admit I haven't read the rest of this thread yet, so I apologize is someone else (or 20 someones) have already said this but:
STAY AWAY FROM PROMISE! They will only cause you ulcers... Their Linux driver support is half-assed at best, and their hardware's recovery routines are usually unhealthy for your data. I've recently lost an entire RAID-5 array (360GB) due to a glitch on my FT SX4000.
If you've got the $$$$, go with 3ware. The money you save on Promise isn't worth it, IMHO.
I didn't have the money, so I ended up getting a cheap HighPoint card and using Linux software RAID to replace my FastTrack. The FastTrack is definitely faster than softRAID in terms of throughput, but I'd rather have safer, slower data personally.
Best regards, Zac Bedell
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