[CentOS] Re: 3Ware 9500 vs 9550 vs CentOS 4.latest kernel

Thu Aug 24 19:48:27 UTC 2006
Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>

chrism at imntv.com spake the following on
8/24/2006 12:11 PM:
> Scott Silva wrote:
>> Troy Engel spake the following on 8/24/2006 10:09 AM:
>>  
>>> Jim Perrin wrote:
>>>    
>>>>> That is a 4.3 kernel.  Joshua said that as of *4.4* the updated bits
>>>>> will be included in the kernel.  4.4 is a week or two off, I believe.
>>>>>         
>>>> because it's related to a security update. the -42.0.2  kernel does
>>>> indeed "Just Work" with the 9550 cards, so you should be able to
>>>>       
>>> I decided to give it a go on my 9500S-12 machine. I was running -34.0.2
>>> with the downloaded driver; my machine hung on reboot to -42.0.2, but a
>>> hard poweroff/poweron cycle fixed that nonsense; it had hung booting the
>>> initial initrd load on the new kernel. (just some FYI for remote
>>> rebooters).
>>>
>>> Drivers:
>>>   2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp: v2.26.02.001
>>>   2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp: v2.26.04.010
>>>
>>> I was previously running v2.26.04.009 tarball, so a small upgrade came
>>> with the kernel. I just looked at 3ware.com, and this new driver version
>>> isn't downloadable yet. Hmmm.
>>>
>>> -te
>>>
>>>     
>> Strange .. I have 2 systems with 9500s-4LP's and they rebooted fine.
>>   
> 
> I wonder if you guys might have different firmware revs.
> 
> I cajoled my system integrator into sending me both 9500 and 9550 cards
> so I can decide which works better for us and send the extras back.  
> The 9550 allegedly has better performance for RAID5 so I'm hoping those
> work out OK.
> 
> Cheers,
I had to use the 9500's because of the servers they were put in. They are too
old for PCI-X.

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