> On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Chris Mauritz wrote: > > > > I'm thinking to buy a 3ware controller > > > i'm going to use software raid, so i'm not interessted in the hardware > > > raid stuff. > > > can i use 160gb disks on this controller ? > > > > The 7450 and 7850 can support the 160gig disks with a firmware upgrade. > > The upgrade is probably available for download on their site now, but > > you can always request it from their support people if it isn't. The > > last time I checked, they were planning to release it to the public > > back in November or December. > > got an answer from 3ware : > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yes and no. > > Current firmware will format 138GB only (32 bit) > New firmware ver 7.4 will format full 160 GB. (it will be on the web on > end of Feb) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seems they've slipped the release date by a number of months. That sucks. > > Also, the 7450/7850 are VERY fast. Personally, I think you would > > be foolish to load the cpu with the chore when the card is probably > > at LEAST as fast. > but then i need to format my whole array > and i don't have any temp space to backup all data That isn't a good sign. > and i don't see any reason for upgrading > fileserver cpu's are doing nothing (2 cpu's) Then you seem to have your answer. Cheers, C -- Chris Mauritz ritz@mordor.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
