> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stan Hoeppner > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 1:13 AM > To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: /dev/md2 stopped after changing SAS controller > > On 5/15/2011 9:37 AM, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote: > > > Someone pointed me to ARECA non-raid controllers: > > > > http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sasnoneraid3g.htm > > > > Does anyone have good or bad experiences with these? > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151061 > > Read the 3 reviews. Probably best to stay away from the Areca JBOD > HBAs. All 4 use a Marvell chip. Many NewEgg reviews are valuable, as > in this case. > > Lest anyone denigrate the validity of quoting NewEgg due to their > "perceived customer base", note that today's NewEgg ships plenty of > mid/upper range gear (see links below) into corporations and > universities, including blade chassis/blades, FC and converged switches, > FC disk arrays, LTO libraries, etc. They now have a business division > that competes to a degree with the likes of CDW et al. Well, yes, but the reviews are sometimes a different matter. The best I can advise (and this is true for any review on any site) is to look closely at the tone and clarity of each review. Many are clearly written by fools who haven't a clue. Others are better written, but the level of expertise behind the review may not be as high as one might first think. Basically, no matter where one might read or see it, I recommend one take all reviews with a grain of salt. That said, I have seen some useful reviews on NewEgg. -- 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
