[Centos] CentOS does not see raid array

[j at firebright.com (Jonathan)]

Shawn M. Jones wrote:

> Avtar Gill wrote:
>
>> <SNIP Michael's part, sorry Michael>
>
>
>> Just out of curiosity, could you please offer more details regarding 
>> your experience with the 3ware SATA card?  Which model, what type of 
>> RAID array and which operating system.
>
>
> I'd also like to note that Linux support for a particular card may not 
> guarantee that it will function well.
>
> I found that my 3ware 9500S (SATA) would crash randomly if I put it in 
> a motherboard with a Via chipset.  After discussing this with a 
> collegue I found that this was a noted problem when combining these 
> two types of hardware.  3ware cards do not seem to be well tested on 
> Via chipsets.  This forced my server upgrade to a motherboard with an 
> Intel chipset and I've experienced no crashes since.

I'd like to second this experience.  We've moved all of our whiteboxes 
to Intel boards w/Intel chips, and the problem went away...

J