Justin Clift <jclift at redhat.com> writes: >> The other issue I have is with hardware RAID. I'm not sure if folks >> are using that with gluster or if they're using software RAID, but >> the closed source nature and crappy proprietary tools annoys all the >> devops guys I know. What are you all doing for your gluster setups? >> Is there some magical RAID controller that has Free tools, or are >> people using mdadm, or are people just unhappy or ? > > Before joining Red Hat I was using Areca hardware. But Areca (the > company) was weird/dishonest when I tried to RMA a card that went bad. > > So, I advise people to keep away from that crowd. Haven't tried any > others in depth since. :/ I second the thoughts on Areca. They are a terrible company; avoid at all costs. I've RMA'd every card I've installed of theirs that had been in service for more that 6 months, some servers have had RMA returns fail within months. Their only US support option is "we'll ship it to Taiwan for repair and return it is 6-8 weeks". There is no option to pay for advanced replacement. I had to keep a stock of spares in-house until I migrated to 3ware (now LSI). I haven't had any trouble with these cards in several years (and haven't needed to RMA or contact support). -- Shawn Nock (OpenPGP: 0x65118FA5) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://supercolony.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20130620/3e39b0a7/attachment.sig>
