On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, Bruce Momjian wrote:
Stupid question, but why do people bother with the Perc line of cards if the LSI brand is better?
Because when you're ordering a Dell server, all you do is click a little box and you get a PERC card with it. There aren't that many places that carry the LSI cards either, so most people are looking at "get the PERC as part of a supported package from Dell" vs. "have one rogue component I bought from random reseller mixed in, complicating all future support calls".
The failure in this logic is assuming that "support" from Dell includes making sure the box actually performs well. If it works at any speed, that's good enough for Dell.
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