[CentOS] Re: Centos and Software RAID

[Scott Silva]

Brett Serkez spake the following on 5/30/2006 6:24 AM:
>> > We have since moved to 3ware hardware raid with better success in
>> terms of
>> > continuing to provide service through a drive failure event.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with Adaptec RAID controllers?   I
> have an application that will need hot swapping and am considering the
> Adaptec 1420SA controller but I can use the 3ware if it is indeed
> better.
> 
> Brett
I have 2 systems with the 2820SA cards, and I have had a 2 drive failure on
each system.
While I can't really find evidence to blame this on the card, I am re-thinking
their use in the future.
Looking at the current pricing, there is not that much difference in the
cards, maybe 10 to 20 percent.



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