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. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!