Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>From: Lee W <centos-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Avoid the FastTraks. Most are FRAID (Fake/Free RAID), 100% software with
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>0% GPL drivers.
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>The SuperTraks are a "true hardware" microcontroller+DRAM solution with GPL
>drivers. Unfortunately, they use mega-yesteryear i960 microcontrollers not
>able to keep up with today's drives.
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Thanks for the heads up
>Is there any consideration driving RAID-5?
>For a majority of applications, RAID-0+1 tends to be better.
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No, just another toy to play with. I'm currently looking a playing with
Software RAID but would like to have H/W as well.
>I prefer 3Ware Escalade 7506/8506 series cards for RAID-0+1.
>They use a 64-bit ASIC and SRAM (static RAM).
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>The 9500S series is still maturing, although they should eventually show outstanding performance.
>They add a large amount of DRAM to the existing ASIC+SRAM approach of the earlier Escalades.
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I'm certainly liking what I have seen of the 3Ware card's so far. Their
site lists quite a few distros as supported, including RHEL 3 which from
a simplistic guess would also mean that Centos 3 (and possibly 4) would
also be supported.
Regards
Lee
