Greetings - The adaptec 2400a works with the native i2o drivers; the 3ware also has excellent native support (I really do like the 3ware, but they are now very expensive as the 7000 series is the minimum configuration available)... I have both the 2400a and the 3ware cards, they are both excellent and comparable to each other. The 2400a, however, does beat the 3ware in Raid 5... On the other hand, the 3ware kicks the 2400a in 1+0... - Stu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Sandquist" <esandquist@xxxxxxxx> To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:03 PM Subject: RE: Promise FastTrak 100 TX4 success! > That's fine for the 2.4.16 kernal... but I'm using the 2.4.34.mdk kernal for > Mandrake 8.1. I, too, have the same interupt problem... the drives are > there. I was able to create partitions - as individual drives, but am > unable to format. Appearantly my ide0 on the TX2 has failed, so I currently > have 2x80g on ide1. At this point, I'd be happy to just get access to the > drives, I'll live without the raid if needed. Else, maybe an adaptec 2400a > or a 3ware... > > Also, saw some adapters that will take the the ata drives and convert them > to UW-SCSI 68pin and U-SCSI 50pin for my on board scsi raid adapter > @$88/ea... for 2 drives, this option is looking better with every FastTrak > fault.... > > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Aaron Gee > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:56 AM > To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Promise FastTrak 100 TX4 success! > > > Has the patch been forwarded to the maintainer of the 2.4 kernel series ? > It would be a good idea for this patch to be merged into the new kernels. > > AG > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeremy Worrells > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:40 > > To: ataraid-list > > Subject: Promise FastTrak 100 TX4 success! > > > > > > Arghhhhhhhh! > > > > After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I am the proud owner of a Dell > > PowerEdge 1300 with a Promise FastTrak 100 TX4 running 4x40GB WD disks > > in a 0+1 configuration, ATA100! > > > > The clue was the last email message I saw on the list: > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/ataraid-list/2002-January/000511.html > > > > In there was a link to http://www.spinics.net/lists/raid/msg00220.html > > which contained a link to http://www.linuxdiskcert.org. Right there, was > > a patch from the Man himself, Andre The IDE God. > > > > When patched into a stock 2.4.16 kernel, all my "Lost Interrupt" problems > > went away, and I am now a very happy man. > > > > Performance is very good. Example: > > > > ahab# time dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile count=3000k > > 3072000+0 records in > > 3072000+0 records out > > 4.88user 29.82system 1:21.07elapsed 42%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata > > 0maxresident)k > > 0inputs+0outputs (167major+31minor)pagefaults 0swaps > > > > I was not able to use hdparm -Tt on that drive. > > > > So, thank you Andre for the patch, and thank you Bas van Loon for the hint > > that has taken me to my happy place. > > > > Jdremy > > -- > > Jeremy Worrells > > jworrells@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 801.270.8616 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
