Re: Sata Raid controllers Jungle
I have used the 3ware 8xxx Escalade SATA controllers several times
and they are excellent to work with. I have never used the 9xxx
series, but would definitely recommend 3ware.
Rod
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having a few problems trying to build up a new architecture
> based on
> AMD Opteron board for STorage servers.
>
> I have been usin Tyan Tomcat K8S with an opteron 242 and Go of
> DDR400
> ECC registered memory.? Thos boards come up with an integrated
> Silicon
> Image Sil 3114 RAID controller.
>
> I have installed Sarge on an IDE drie and I'm trying to set up a
> RAID 5
> array using mdadm on 3 drives to achievea 600 Go storage array. I'm
> not
> using the embedded SIL3114 Raid features as they are software RAID
> so
> we're better off using kernel RAID as it even outperforms the
> controller
> speeds and is easier to maintain.
>
> Things get weird when I attach Maxtor 300 Go SATA drives to the
> controller. Array creation runs well but it seem imposisble to
> create a
> partition table on the array, and of course I can't setup any file
> system on the array either. I have exactly the same configuration
> using
> 250 Go WD drives that works flawless. Is there any know issue with
> Maxtor drives and libata (I guess there is) And if so, is there any
> hope
> I could get this to work one day (Or should I send my twelve Maxtor
> drives to oblivion?).
>
> On the other hand I'm seeking advice on buying real hardware RAID
> controllers. We are currently running Adaptec single-channel SCSI
> RAID
> in production which is a pleasure. Poking a bit around internet
> seems
> to show up that 3ware 9xxx series controllers and adaptec SATA Raid
> controller are working fine under 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel. Does
> somebody
> have some hints on thsi as we are looking into testing a SATA RAID
> solution?
>
> Any advice is welcome
>
> Thanks all
>
>
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