i've heard some good things about the 3ware controller, but software raid is said to out perform it still, at least from what I hear. On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Guy Fraser wrote: > Hi > > I checked some things out and from what I can tell, the 3Ware card is the best > overall with linux support, and is priced well. The card has a cpu on board > that handles the I/O so the cpu on your motherboard doesn't have to. I believe > it has a scsi driver and works like a scsi raid controller. 3Ware also has > software for linux to monitor and maintain the raid using a browser, and can > be configured to email someone if there are any problems. At ~ $120 US for an > IDE RAID 0,1,10,5,JBOD controller that supports hotswap and hotspare it is a > great deal. I will certainly be getting 3Ware in the future and maybe even > just to replace some other solutions we are currently using. > > Guy > > Dan de Haan wrote: > >>Out of curiosity, has anyone here used the Adaptec 2400A? Is this also > >>a "software" RAID card? > >> > > > > > > I haven't used it, but It is a hardware RAID card. There was a article > > published recently comparing soe hardware RAID cards, including the 2400A. > > You can see it at: > > http://tech-report.com/reviews/2002q4/ideraid/index.x?pg=1 > > > > -Dan > > > > > > > > > > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
