"f" == franki <franki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
f> My main wholesaler sells Adaptec stuff, and I can get this
f> one:
f> http://www.techbuy.com.au/products/34526/I_OCARDS_HARDDRIVECONTROLLERS/Adaptec/AAR2410SA/AAR2410SA_4-Port_Serial_ATA_RAID_Card_-_RAID_0_1_5_10_JBOD.asp
f> For $450 it is a 4 port controller and has onboard 64MB ECC
f> cache.
I have one of these (it's in my mirror box).
It's okay. It's not stunning, and I lost the array once (due to a
bad drive and loose connectors more than the card). It runs under
CentOS 3 without special drivers, but Adaptec also has some driver
software (not sure whether it's newer or not -- it's ``minimally
tested'' according to them).
I also have an Adaptec 1210SA (two-port SATA), which is running
under Debian with a custom kernel as I couldn't get it working (at
all) under CentOS at the time I was building the machine. That
card is a complete POS -- forget about hardware RAID, but it works
okay with software RAID.
If I had it to do over again, I would definitely go with 3Ware
cards over the Adaptec cards. What you might save in money isn't
worth the hassle.
Claire
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Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College
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