Brian Hirt wrote:
I've been using the adaptec ZCR raid cards in our servers for a while
now, mostly small systems with 3 or 6 disks, and we've been very happy
with them. However, we're building a new DB machine with 14 U320 15K
SCA drives, and we've run into a performance bottlenkeck with the
> We're looking into getting an Adaptec 2200S or the Megaraid 320 2x
> which have better processors, and hopefully better performance. We
> feel that the use of the AIC7930 as the CPU on the ZCR just doesn't
> cut it and a faster raid controller would work better. Does anyone out
> there have any
Not sure what your hw platform is, but I always used to get fantastic
performance from Compaq Smart Array battery backed cards. Note that I
haven't bought any recently so HP may have "hp invent"-ed them...
But whatever the brand - if you get a swag of battery backed cache you
won't know your
Brian,
> We're looking into getting an Adaptec 2200S or the Megaraid 320 2x
> which have better processors, and hopefully better performance. We
> feel that the use of the AIC7930 as the CPU on the ZCR just doesn't
> cut it and a faster raid controller would work better. Does anyone out
> there
