Lee W wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Has anyone had any experience of using the Promise FastTrak SX4000 or SuperTrak SX6000 IDE RAID Controllers under Centos (if it matters I'm using version 4). I've seen it listed on linuxcompatible.org as working but would prefer to find out any first-hand experince before I buy.
I've run the SX4000 under 3.4. I have no experience with 4, but I wouldn't imagine support would roll backwards.
I'm looking to build a new mini server based on Mini-ITX and have found a great 1U case that support upto 4 IDE drives. It would be good to muck around with hardware RAID.
Go 3ware. Promise is not a Linux friendly company, despite their attempts. Their support guys have been downright rude to me on the phone in the past when I asked for updated drivers, telling me that "Linux is only X% of the market, blah blah blah". I was ticked. I stopped using them, and you should too.
If not, can anyone suggest another make of RAID Controller that will support upto 4 IDE RAIDS (preferably with support for RAID 5). And is also available in the UK.
3ware. Ebay.com is cheapest, but any vendor will do. They're worth the money. I've got over 5 TB of RAID on 3ware cards, with nary a failiure to date.
Jonathan
Thanks in advance.
Regards
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