On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 15:11, Dave Page wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > And how old are the 2600's now? > > Anyhoo, I'm not saying the current machines are excellent performers or > anything, but there are good business reasons to run them if you don't > need to squeeze out every last pony. Just thought I'd point you to Dell's forums. http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=pes_linux&page=1 wherein you'll find plenty of folks who have problems with freezing RAID controllers with 28xx and 18xx machines.