[CentOS] [OT/HW] hardware raid -- comment/experience with 3Ware

On 2013-03-13, Arun Khan <knura9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for sharing your thoughts, suggestions and
> comments.  I am still leaning towards a hardware raid controller but
> will look into the MegaRAID controllers as well.

All of the controllers mentioned so far--3ware, MegaRAID (both made by
LSI), and Areca--are true hardware RAID controllers.  If you intended on
doing md RAID you would probably not purchase one of these, but would go
instead with a simple SATA/SAS controller with sufficient ports and
bandwidth to host all your drives (and make sure all hardware components
supported hot swap).

--keith

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