From: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@xxxxxxxxx>
> Does anyone have any good or bad driver/performance/stability
> experiences with either:
> LSI Logic LSIU320
> Adaptec 29320ALP-R or (or other current boards using the same driver)
> in Opteron servers running RHEL 4 or CentOS 4, x86_64?
> Thanks in advance.
I can't remember if I brought it up on this list, but my permanent home
is less than 5 miles from Adaptec's major support center in Orlando.
I know several gentlemen who have worked their throughout the years,
and many of them have told me the same thing.
If you use Adaptec, use the _retail_ products. The OEM editions have
custom firmware and changes, and the Linux drivers are often not
guaranteed to work. Indeed I have regularly run into numerous issues
with many Adaptec products that have come with servers, even a few
of the tier-1 OEMs who ship and support Linux for servers (this is less
commonplace in more recent years).
As such, I have always preferred Symbios Logic / LSI Logic products
because the overwhelming majority of their products are the same --
either retail or whitebox OEM. I've yet to have an issue with the former
Symbios Logic 53c8xx/1xxx products or LSI solutions under Linux.
If you have an OEM or integrator providing you solutions, especially if
you have a SLA with them, then by all means, use what they will support.
Otherwise I tend to prefer Symbios/LSI products.
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Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx
