----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stan Hoeppner" <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Mikael Abrahamsson" <swmike@xxxxxxxxx>, "Andrew Martin" <amartin@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:53:02 PM > Subject: Re: Automatically drop caches after mdadm fails a drive out of an array? > > On 2/13/2014 11:25 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2014, Andrew Martin wrote: > > > >> Note that I added a new, replacement drive to the array at 17:09. In > >> lieu of Marvel SAS cards, what would you recommend? > > > > LSI 2008 is very well tested HBA controller, it exists in many vendors' > > cards. Works properly with 4TB drives (and larger I presume). For > > instance the LSI SAS 9211-8i HBA has this chip. > > Agreed, LSI based HBAs are all pretty reliable. These chips can be > found on motherboards, LSI branded HBAs, as well as IBM, Intel, and > other branded HBAs. The multi-lane Adaptecs are good as well. > > Honestly, I've only really heard of serious problems with the mvsas > driver and the Marvell SAS 88SE64xx based HBAs, most often the > Supermicro, but also the Highpoint 2600 family. There may be others. > Thanks for the help! Andrew -- 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
