<petro@auctionwatch.com> wrote: > We have 10 of the 3ware cards, and while the drive is GPLd and in > the kernel, we have not been satisfied with the stability of the > system A 3ware 7850 here (8 drive hw RAID5) performed erratically until I got their latest .016 driver, which seems to be in the 2.4.18 kernel too. The earlier .010 driver in 2.4.<=17 would sometimes get into a low-performance (~15MB/sec) mode, but the .016 driver has been doing very well. 3ware tech support have been very responsive too. Based on a few weeks' experience, I'd recommend them. Stuart Levy, slevy@ncsa.uiuc.edu _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html