[CentOS] Re: Raid Cards

[Scott Silva]

Feizhou spake the following on 6/8/2006 9:03 PM:
> 
>> There was some nice performance comparison betwean linux compatible
>> sata raid cards and areca performed really well. If my memory serves
>> me well it was significantly faster then 3ware.
>> Can't find the url now :(. So i have no arguments to support it now.
>> But certainly areca it's worth a try.
>>
> 
> ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Performance/ARC1120_Single_Card_Performance.pdf
> 
> 
> This is their own benchmark I think for one of their PCIe cards.
> 
> 
> ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Hardware/HWCompatibilityList_011706.pdf
> 
> 
> They appear to do their own testing so things look positive for Areca I
> guess.
> 
> I am not sure that they are software raid implementations...if you ask
> me they look more like hardware raid cards. The adaptors ARC12xx all
> come with onboard memory, 128M for 4/8 port cards and a SO-DIMM slot
> that supports up to 1G for 12/16/24 port cards, which can also be
> battery backed-up.
> 
> This looks more like an alternative to 3ware and not to HP/Promise bios
> on an adapter 'raid' cards.
I have a promise SX6000 laying in a cabinet that is perfectly fine in Windows,
but worthless in linux. Suprisingly, FreeBSD supports it fine, it just won't
boot from it.
It isn't even heavy enough for a boat anchor!


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