I got the 3ware card to do hardware raid at first. The performance we really bad, so I switched to software raid and while the performance was alot better, it still didn't match other systems I have here that were doing software raid with older IDT (parallel) disks. Jim ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Alexander Economou" <aecon@xxxxxxx> To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:50:13 +0300 (EEST) Subject: Re: SATA Controller > 0 > > If you plan on using software raid it would be a nice idea to use a 2.6.x > kernel in case you are using a 2.4.x kernel.There is a huge speed diff in > data transfer between those 2 kernel versions. > I have installed a couple of s150 tx4 and i can say that they work fine.I > also noticed that there is support for this controller in the low level > driver section(scsi) in 2.4.27 kernel.If this doesnt work out (wich i > doubt it)try downloading the driver from promise.com. > One thing i dont understand is why buy raid controllers and do software > raid(if that is what you ment) > > > All, > > > > I am thinking of going with the following SATA PCI controller (non raid) > > to replace my 3ware SATA controller (only > > using JBOD but thats another story). Any comments on linux support / > > issues / other controllers you have luck with. > > I am planning on using software raid with 3 of these cards and 10 250G WD > > SATA disks. > > > > Thanks > > Jim > > > > PROMISE PCI to SATA Controller Card, Model "SATA150 TX4" -OEM > > > > Model# Sata150 TX4 > > Item # N82E16816102013 > > > > Specifications: > > Ports: 4x Serial ATA/150 > > OS Support: Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP; RedHat 7.3/8.0; SuSE 7.3/8.0 > > Feature: Bus mastering offloads data I/O handling from host CPU; CRC > > error-checking of Serial ATA and Ultra ATA drives for data reliability > > during transfers; Data Transfer Rate:150MB/sec with Serial ATA/150 drives, > > 133MB/sec with Ultra ATA/133 drives, 100MB/sec with Ultra ATA/100 drives; > > 32-bit 33/66MHz PCI bus; PCI 2.3 compliant > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > -- > Alexander Economou > GNET NOC > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ------- End of Original Message ------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
