Weird, I have a bunch of servers with Areca ARC-1680 8-ports and they have never given me a problem. The first thing I did was update the firmware to the latest - my brand new cards had firmware 2 years old - and didn't recognize disks > 1TB. On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Shawn Nock <nock at nocko.se> wrote: > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
